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Dark GDK / DarkGDK in a different compiler

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Posted: 9th Dec 2007 22:25 Edited at: 9th Dec 2007 22:26
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Is it possible to get DarkGDK to run in another C++ compiler like Dev-C++? Because I really just hate Visual C++.

and I guess the more important question is, would I be allowed to? Does it go against the license agreement or anything?

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It sure integrates nicely with visual c++ 2008 express, and, uh, how can you not like visual c++ 2008? There's probably a way to get it to work in dev-c++, but you're better off using VS. Why don't you like VS? I noticed this new version runs much faster than the old (2005) version...
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Posted: 10th Dec 2007 00:06 Edited at: 10th Dec 2007 00:09
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Because when I try to bring all my Dev-C++ code over to VS they run slower, I have to include an extra header "stdafx.h", and they all seem to have errors in my old code.
I don't want to have 2 C++ compilers, I just want 1.

Code that runs perfectly fine on Dev-C++ without any warnings gets errors in VS, like:


That runs like it should in Dev, but in VS it says can't allocate array of size 0: ( int a[x]; )
I think this is because the compiler in VS doesn't recognize "cin".

NOTE: if using VS then add #include "stdafx.h" to the top.


Then there is also some windows code that doesn't seem to work right in VS, like loading DLL's

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Quote: "Is it possible to get DarkGDK to run in another C++ compiler like Dev-C++?"


There's no way that you can use the existing libraries in Dev-C++. The name mangling scheme used by VC++ just won't work with GCC.

Quote: "when I try to bring all my Dev-C++ code over to VS they run slower"

VC++ adds safety checks to your code to avoid buffer overruns and other related security stuff - it can be switched off if necessary and then usually runs faster than its GCC equivalent.

Quote: "Code that runs perfectly fine on Dev-C++ without any warnings gets errors in VS"

This is invalid C++ (at least until the 0x standard is released):
int a[x];

I guess it's an extension that GCC provides that isn't supported by VC++. Use a vector instead - that's what it's for

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Quote: "VC++ adds safety checks to your code to avoid buffer overruns and other related security stuff - it can be switched off if necessary and then usually runs faster than its GCC equivalent.
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Good Point - Now I need to "Recheck" my settings in VS2005xpress and see if there is anything I can shut off to speed things up here and there - Thankx for that little reminder IanM


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I actually trashed the 2005 VS (lets face it, it simply was not good Interdev was better) and used Dev c++... Mainly because I could not make DLLs with it

2008 Is much better and I am now thinking I will not use dev c++ anymore (no integrated help)

I guess you can always make a standard c dll in 2008 to wrap dark gdk functions and use that in dev c++. Though why bother. I have the 2 compilers on my machine and find 2008 easier to use (like the good old days of Interdev). Koodos to dev-c++ though. For a 8 meg download, it's quite impressive. Thank god for the people who still value simplicity.

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