Brian Dessent <> wrote: > Perty Cay wrote: > >> The ld.exe is from binutils package, as I check the >> verison, seems the latest version is 2.17.50 which is >> from 2006.08.14. I don't know if the mingw don't add >> the feature, or it is GCC issues. >> >> Any one has idea about it? > > Visibility is a feature of ELF. Windows uses the PE format which does > not support symbol visibility. There is no way for gcc to use that > which the operating system does not provide. Huh? Doesn't PE support symbol visibility in shared libraries etc. by default, and much, much much longer and better than ELF / gcc? I just wonder, because i'm not sure if the same stuff is meant here (I'm thinking of dllexport/dllimport and such...) Cheers, Markus > > Brian -- Salomon Automation GmbH - Friesachstrasse 15 - A-8114 Friesach bei Graz Sitz der Gesellschaft: Friesach bei Graz UID-NR:ATU28654300 - Firmenbuchnummer: 49324 K Firmenbuchgericht: Landesgericht fur Zivilrechtssachen Graz