2.5 Library Names in C++

Money.h++ libraries for Unix use this encoding scheme:

libmny<buildtype>.<ext>

Money.h++ libraries for Windows use this encoding scheme:

mny<buildtype>.<ext>

Both of these schemes are explained in Table 7.

Table 7 -- C++ Library name encoding

Code	Meaning
`lib`	Indicates that this is a library. (Unix only.)
`mny`	Indicates that this is a Money.h++ part.
`<buildtype>`	Indicates the build type, explained in Section 2.6.
`<ext>`	Indicates the extension. For Windows static libraries and DLL import libraries, the extension is `lib`. For Windows DLLs, the extension is `dll`. For Unix, the extension naming convention varies from one platform to another. Here are some possible values: `.a` = static library (`ns.a` for AIX) `.so`, `.sl`, etc. = shared library, depending upon the platform Note: Always use the library binding character to determine whether a library is static or shared.

For example, if you use a Unix compiler to build a multithreaded, static library that provides symbolic debugging and assertions, and does not use the Standard C++ Library the resulting library name is:

libmny7s.a

where 7s is the build type, as described in Section 3.1.

The same library built using any compiler on Windows NT or Windows 95 is named:

mny7s.lib

Again, 7s is the build type.