[Ipopt] IPOpt windows binaries runtime libs: /MT /MTd /MD /MDd

[Teeter, Chuck]

Sorry for the confusion on the VS2008 General Notes.  I should have use '/MTd' rather than '/MD' for the static debug version of Ipopt.  My main point was to avoid the mixing of release and debug runtimes as Damien mentions below.

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From: ipopt-bounces at list.coin-or.org [mailto:ipopt-bounces at list.coin-or.org] On Behalf Of Damien
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:20 PM
To: ipopt at list.coin-or.org
Subject: Re: [Ipopt] IPOpt windows binaries runtime libs: /MT /MTd /MD /MDd

Justin,

/MD means link for the C/C++ release, runtime dlls (msvc... dlls etc).  /MDd means link for the C/C++ debug, runtime dll (msvc...d dlls).  /MT means link the C/C++ release, runtime static library (libc.... libs etc).  /MTd means link the C/C++ debug, runtime static library (libc...d libs).

If the notes say release is /MT and debug is /MD, that's linking static release libraries on a release build, and dynamic release dlls on a debug build.  That's a bit unusual, and won't always work well on a debug build, depending on how exceptions or errors are handled.

It's generally not a good idea to mix debug and release runtimes, and sometimes you can get weird link errors mixing static lib and dll runtimes, so use only /MT or only /MD everywhere for release, and only /MTd or only /MDd everywhere for debug.  You can't control what third parties do with their code though.  I generally do /MD or /MDd for the runtimes, because the dll is only loaded once, no matter how many times it's linked to from anyone's library.

Damien

On 21/09/2010 9:56 AM, Vallon, Justin wrote:
The wiki https://projects.coin-or.org/Ipopt/wiki/CompilationHints ... Windows VS2008 ... General Notes says that release binaries are built with /MT and debug are built with /MD.

For debug C++ code, shouldn't I be using /MDd or /MTd in my application?  Can I mix my /MTd or /MDd code with Ipopt /MD?

I looked at the win32/debug/Ipopt.dll, and I don't see a dependency on any VS DLLs.  Maybe debug is /MTd?

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-Justin



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