Static Libraries and the statically-linked MSVC++ runtime

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For building a static library, is the static C runtime statically linked at compile time (of the library) or at final EXE compile time?

Nothing is linked at compile time. The CRT doesn't get linked until you link the final .exe or .dll — Hans Passant, Mar 06 '12 at 12:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '12 at 20:36

According to Hans, the CRT (C Runtime) is not linked while compiling a static LIB using MSVC. It is linked at final EXE compile time.

However, even though this is true. You still cannot mix C runtimes in static libraries. They all must use the same exact runtime (or the system runtime MSVCRT.dll)

Static Libraries and the statically-linked MSVC++ runtime

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Linked