PDC_DLL_BUILD (was: getch() causes crash, wgetch with return from initscr does not) about pdcurses

[wmcbrine]

Hmm... did you define PDC_DLL_BUILD before including curses.h?

[jarruda]

I didn't. I missed that this was also needed when using the library in addition to the build steps.

Defining it for the project (or above the include) makes the library behave as expected. 👍 Thank you for the quick response.

I wonder if modifying curses.h could be added to the build process when preparing a DLL distribution?

[wmcbrine]

What I don't get is why it didn't fail with an "unresolved external symbol _stdscr" error on link with PDC_BUILD_DLL undefined, which is what I get when I try it here.

[jarruda]

Replicating my setup should be very easy if you're willing to install vcpkg.

PS> git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg
PS> cd vcpkg
PS> .\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
PS> .\vcpkg integrate install
PS> .\vcpkg install pdcurses

Then copy/paste the above snippet into a new project. vcpkg takes care of the include paths and linking the library to the project.

I'm also confused as to why there wasn't a linker error. In fact, if I change the initscr line to:

    stdscr = initscr();

I get an access violation writing to that address.

[wmcbrine]

Some more discussion here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33504411/why-the-stdscr-variable-does-not-work-in-pdcurses/50052560#50052560

I don't think there's anything more to be done here.