what does __declspec(dllimport) really mean?
__declspec is a Microsoft-specific attribute that allows you to specify storage-class information. (Nitpicker’s Corner: However, a number of other compiler vendors—e.g. GCC—now support this language extension for compatibility with the installed base of code that was written targeting Microsoft’s compilers. Some even provide additional storage-class attributes.) Two of those storage-class attributes that can be specified … Read more