Open
Conversation
krishnacx
reviewed
Oct 14, 2022
| 1 . **Static** | ||
| 2. **Shared or Dynamic** | ||
|
|
||
| **Static** : Static libraries contains object code linked with an end user application and then they become the part of the executable. These libraries are specifically used at compile time which means the library should be present in correct location when user wants to compile his/her C or C++ program. In windows they end with .lib extension and with .a for MacOS. |
There was a problem hiding this comment.
We can involve the user by rephrasing with when you want to compile C or C++ program.
In windows, they end with .lib extension while in UNIX/MacOS, they end with .a.
krishnacx
reviewed
Oct 14, 2022
|
|
||
| **header files , files , libraries** | ||
|
|
||
| **Header Files** : The files that tell the compiler how to call some functionality (without knowing how the functionality actually works) are called header files. They contain the function prototypes. They also contain Data types and constants used with the libraries. We use #include to use these header files in programs. These files end with .h extension. |
krishnacx
reviewed
Oct 14, 2022
|
|
||
| **Static** : Static libraries contains object code linked with an end user application and then they become the part of the executable. These libraries are specifically used at compile time which means the library should be present in correct location when user wants to compile his/her C or C++ program. In windows they end with .lib extension and with .a for MacOS. | ||
|
|
||
| **Shared or Dynamic** : These libraries are only required at run-time i.e, user can compile his/her code without using these libraries. In short these libraries are linked against at compile time to resolve undefined references and then its distributed to the application so that application can load it at run time. For example, when we open our game folders we can find many .dll(dynamic link libraries) files. As these libraries can be shared by multiple programs, they are also called as shared libraries.These files end with .dll or .lib extensions. In windows they end with .dll extension. |
There was a problem hiding this comment.
Some punctuation remarks.
These libraries are required during run-time. In short, these libraries....
Space before These files end with .dll, or.lib or .so extensions.
In windows, they end with .dll extensions.
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
2 participants
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
No description provided.