From 73a39f6cf84e1e54ea6b68ee586b94d6ded2ad80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Ruffing Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:22:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] build: Add extensive docs on visibility issues --- include/secp256k1.h | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/secp256k1.h b/include/secp256k1.h index 88b68df7b0..ce2145ae3d 100644 --- a/include/secp256k1.h +++ b/include/secp256k1.h @@ -133,8 +133,14 @@ typedef int (*secp256k1_nonce_function)( # define SECP256K1_NO_BUILD #endif -/* Symbol visibility. See https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility */ +/* Symbol visibility. */ #if defined(_WIN32) + /* GCC for Windows (e.g., MinGW) accepts the __declspec syntax + * for MSVC compatibility. A __declspec declaration implies (but is not + * exactly equivalent to) __attribute__ ((visibility("default"))), and so we + * actually want __declspec even on GCC, see "Microsoft Windows Function + * Attributes" in the GCC manual and the recommendations in + * https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility. */ # if defined(SECP256K1_BUILD) # if defined(DLL_EXPORT) || defined(SECP256K1_DLL_EXPORT) /* Building libsecp256k1 as a DLL. @@ -151,8 +157,10 @@ typedef int (*secp256k1_nonce_function)( #endif #ifndef SECP256K1_API # if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 4) && defined(SECP256K1_BUILD) + /* Building libsecp256k1 on non-Windows using GCC or compatible. */ # define SECP256K1_API extern __attribute__ ((visibility ("default"))) # else + /* All cases not captured above. */ # define SECP256K1_API extern # endif #endif