win32 build stops with linker error

[Thiago Macieira]

Peter Kümmel wrote:
>Thiago Macieira wrote:
>> David Faure wrote:
>>>> But then you should use KDE_EXPORT instead!
>>>
>>> For unix KIO_EXPORT or KDE_EXPORT is the same, so I'll trust you to
>>> use whichever works for the Windows side, I'm just surprised that all
>>> libs reading that .h would think that they need to export the symbol
>>> again...
>>
>> They're weak symbols. The dynamic linker chooses one copy (any of
>> them) of the symbol and that's it.
>>
>> And about templates, they won't be exported on ELF platforms unless
>> used -- and then only those symbols that were used.
>>
>> For instance, libQtCore.so exports a total of 0 QMap symbols.
>
>If it makes no sense for Gcc & Co. I've no problem ifdefing the line,
>but msvc needs it.

If it has no sideeffects on ELF platforms, it's ok.

But does this mean that, every time we derive from a template-based class, 
we have to add this same kind of trickery?

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5. Swa he géanhwearf tó timbran, and hwonne he cóm, lá! Unix cwæð "Hello, 
World". Ǽfre ǽghwilc wæs glæd and seo woruld wæs fréo.
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