Subj : Re: lib files
To   : comp.programming
From : Scott McPhillips [MVP]
Date : Sun Oct 09 2005 03:36 pm

puzzlecracker wrote:
> 
> What are prons and cons of static lib and why would you choose them as
> opposed to dll?
> 
> 
> Another question: when you compile a program that has a main, would lib
> be generated or it is only for library types? that is whether exe and
> lib are generated together?
> 

A static lib avoids the pros and cons of DLLs :)

It has the advantage that other programmers can write it and use it, 
independently of the exe and independently of extra runtime files.  It 
is nothing more than a container for previously compiled code.  Some 
commercial libraries take this form: You get the functions but you don't 
get the source code.

Exe and lib are not generated together.  For any one project the build 
generates either an exe, or a static lib, or a dynamic lib plus a DLL. 
They are three different types of project.

-- 
Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]

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