[fpc-devel] re: using generated obj files with vs or gcc in fpc?

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Sun, 11 Mar 2007, schreef Roozbeh GHolizadeh:

> >>The problem is the name mangling. Try to declare it
> like:
> >>
> >>function toupper(ch :
> integer):integer;cdecl;external name 'toupper';
> >>
> >>... if the external name is 'toupper'. It might also
> be '_toupper'. You =
> >>
> >>can check this with objdump.
> >>
> >>Dani=EBl
> 
> Well actually my problem is c object files use toupper
> function and i want to declare it in my pascal file.
> (i know it is very easy to being implemented in c..but
> now just for curusity.)
> 
> so declaring external is reverse of what i want to do.
> I also tried with _toupper.didnt work,although i
> turned off underscoring of exporting function in c
> compiler.
> 
> also tobjdump says unknown file.i cant dump c compiler
> generated .obj files.

Ok, that can be done too, declare it like this:

function toupper(ch : integer):integer;cdecl;public;alias:'toupper';

Daniël