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Asked: 2026-06-16T00:17:52+00:00

Q_DECL_EXPORT int main(int argc, char **argv) What does this Q_DECL_EXPORT before int main(…) means?

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Q_DECL_EXPORT int main(int argc, char **argv)

What does this Q_DECL_EXPORT before int main(...) means?

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    Excerpt from QT docs:

    Depending on your target platform, Qt provides special macros that
    contain the necessary definitions:

    • Q_DECL_EXPORT must be added to the declarations of symbols used when compiling a shared library.
    • Q_DECL_IMPORT must be added to the declarations of symbols used when compiling a client that uses the shared library.

    I haven’t check the QT code, but most likely this macro will do following:

    #ifdef _WIN32 || _WIN64
    #define Q_DECL_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
    #define Q_DECL_IMPORT __declspec(dllimport)
#else
    #define Q_DECL_EXPORT
    #define Q_DECL_IMPORT
#endif

    __declspec(dllimport) and __declspec(dllexport) tells the linker to import and export (respectively) a symbol from or to a DLL. This is Windows specific.

    In your particular case this macro probably could be removed, since main() most likely is not part of a library.

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