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2.4 Library Names

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

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

Both of these schemes are explained in Table 7.

Table 7 -- Library name encoding

CodeMeaning 
lib
Indicates that this is a library. (Unix only.)
tls
Indicates that this is a Tools.h++ part.
<buildtype>
Indicates the build type, explained in Section 2.5.
<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

    .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, the resulting library name is:

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


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