From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2010-01-22T16:15:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby c extensions on windows

On Jan 22, 3:30 am, Philliam Auriemma <phil.aurie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I cannot remember the exact error text, but it is the same error that
> results if you try to "require 'asdf'". It just says the thing
> couldn't be found. Any naming conventions I have to follow? I hope I
> can get this working without having to make a .so.

First: avoid naming your extension with exact name of the DLL you're
trying to link or provide bindings.

One example is naming the extension "zlib" when there is a zlib.dll in
the PATH that is not a Ruby C extension.

A good introductory reading will be this posts:

http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/12/18/writing-ruby-c-extensions-part-1/

Since Ruby own README.EXT is very complicated (but more complete)

HTH,
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Luis Lavena