importance of dllexport location in program

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importance of dllexport location in program

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importance of dllexport location in program

May 9th, 2008

Hi,
(using MS VS2005) Recently I've found that in order for a function to be exported, dllexport *must* be placed in the same file of the function body. E.g. see the following case:

File a.cpp

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void dllexport a();
 
a();
void dllexport a();

a();

File b.cpp

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void a()
{
    // function body
}
void a()
{
    // function body
}

Now, a.cpp and b.cpp compile perfectly into a dll. However a() is not exported.
From what I understand from MSDN, dllexport is supposed to substitute the export section in the .DEF file - seems that it doesn't. Is this an MS bug?

Thanks,
Gil.