How to link to VS2008 generated .libs from g++

Question

I am trying to build a dll using mingw g++ under cygwin.

I have .h files that refer to objects exported by a .dll that was build using MS Visual Studio 2008. I link to t

Answer 1

Object code produced by different C++ compilers is not link compatible.

This is done on purpose: compilers use different ABI, and if the name maingling didn't prevent you from linking, you'd now be wondering/debugging why the simplest operations are causing your executable to crash.

You should be grateful that the different name mangling scheme spared you that debugging effort.