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<concept id="GUID-C9D4D586-58BF-5676-A53F-9C3A51101430" xml:lang="en"><title>Guidelines

for Writing Standard C++ Libraries</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>Ensure that you adhere to the following guidelines while writing Standard

C++ Libraries on the Symbian platform: </p>

<ol id="GUID-A32C6BC0-A0FE-55DF-B553-C565E0429986">

<li id="GUID-C89A488D-91C2-5D87-A0CD-50E8EA4906C5"><p> <b> Developing a DLL

- Import/Export static data</b>  </p> <p>Importing or exporting writable static

data from a DLL is not supported on the Symbian platform. To achieve this,

you must provide an exported function in the DLL to return a reference or

pointer to that data. For more information about limitations on static data,

see the <xref href="GUID-5BDE6462-E6CA-5738-A587-C7D875574789.dita">Static data</xref> section. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-B6D7252A-8B10-55D9-8548-FFAF2BBB89B6"><p> <b>Developing a static

library</b>  </p> <p>The Symbian build environment enforces the following

rules: </p> <ol id="GUID-CE3218B3-CE02-538B-9045-3174E3DD8E66">

<li id="GUID-4E9EDEDF-C7F4-58B6-B699-96E93C80AE06"><p>If a static library

is of type <codeph>STDLIB</codeph>, it is allowed to be linked to by an <codeph>STDEXE</codeph> or <codeph>STDDLL</codeph>. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-09D8FC39-DEB9-5C48-83D9-DBDD2914BB21"><p>If a static library

is of type <codeph>STDLIB</codeph>, it is allowed to be linked to by an executable

(<codeph>EXE</codeph> or a <codeph>DLL</codeph>) that has the <codeph>STDCPP</codeph> keyword

in its <filepath>.mmp</filepath> file. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-5F808BD6-30BC-5D0A-A0C1-71798D6D1187"><p>If a static library

is of target type <codeph>LIB</codeph> and its <filepath>.mmp</filepath> file

contains the keyword <codeph>STDCPP</codeph>, it is allowed to be linked to

by an <codeph>STDEXE</codeph> or <codeph>STDDLL</codeph>. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-AAEE8D74-4B40-571F-B8ED-675239711EF9"><p>If a static library

is of target type <filepath>LIB</filepath> and its <filepath>.mmp</filepath> file

does <b>not</b> contain the keyword <codeph>STDCPP</codeph>, it is allowed

to be linked to by an executable that does <b>not</b> contain the keyword <codeph>STDCPP</codeph>. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-E1FA66C4-138A-5BE7-9E79-9AEDE01FB2BC"><p>If a static library

is of target type <codeph>LIB</codeph> and its <filepath>.mmp</filepath> file

does <b>not</b> contain the keyword <codeph>STDCPP</codeph>, it is <b>not</b> allowed

to be linked to by an executable that is an <codeph>STDEXE</codeph> or <codeph>STDDLL</codeph>. </p> <p> <b>Note:</b> An

attempt to violate this rule causes a build time error. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-016A6448-F8EC-5D46-B4BF-DBE9130CBF8B"><p>If a static library

is of target type <codeph>STDLIB</codeph>, it is <b>not</b> allowed to be

linked to by an executable (<codeph>EXE</codeph> or <codeph>DLL</codeph>)

that does <b>not</b> mention the keyword <codeph>STDCPP</codeph>. </p> <p> <b>Note:</b> An

attempt to violate this rule causes a build time error. </p> </li>

</ol> </li>

</ol>

</conbody><related-links>

<link href="GUID-D6BEAF0D-844D-51F4-8DB7-FB1D60E17FE3.dita"><linktext>Copyright

Acknowledgments for Standard C++                 (STLport)</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-F7FEB759-E64D-5B6D-9017-C5E982E4FC16.dita"><linktext>Standard

C++ Library Overview</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-2CCD1748-9EDE-5383-9941-A3051E06F3E2.dita"><linktext> Standard

C++ Support on the Symbian Platform</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-E331B72B-84AF-558A-9B8F-73E5E50B58C7.dita"><linktext>Building

a Standard C++ Application or                 Library</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-D32E52C9-F05C-5F1E-8B49-243D555C353C.dita"><linktext>Known Issues</linktext>

</link>

<link href="GUID-1ACD01D1-2055-581A-9478-2C0D7D1CF9E6.dita"><linktext>        

        Use Cases for Writing Standard C++ Code</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-AF2CE612-F12E-5A18-81A5-C303992D2D46.dita"><linktext>Possible

Problems</linktext></link>