Visual Studio .def exports file needs to be updated (or use __declspec)

[ewmailing]

The exports .def file is extremely out of date. This is needed to correctly build dynamic libraries on Windows.

This is a continuing problem. It would be nice if you started using __declspec hidden behind macros to annotate which APIs are public/exported directly in the header files. This would also have the added benefit of being reusable for gcc/clang which have visibility attributes which restrict which APIs to export (which can shrink the binary and speed up link times).

[slembcke]

Adding them using macros is a really good point. In the past I avoided them because they made the headers "ugly". That's why I used to do the .def file, but you are right that it really is a problem.

[slembcke]

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