Article ID: 37233
Article Last Modified on 7/5/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft C Professional Development System 6.0a
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.5 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.51
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.52 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.1
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q37233
SUMMARY
The system include files declare functions that use the C calling and naming conventions with the attribute "cdecl".
The compiler uses the C calling and naming conventions by default unless the compiler command line specifies the /Gc or /Gz option switches. The /Gc switch instructs the compiler to use the Pascal (FORTRAN) calling convention by default. The 32-bit compilers do not support the /Gc option switch; they use the /Gz option switch that instructs the compiler to use the __stdcall calling and naming convention by default.
The "cdecl" attribute instructs the compiler to generate run-time library calls using the C calling and naming conventions even when the command line specifies the /Gc or /Gz option.
Keywords: kbinfo kblangc KB37233
