As far as I have researched, I see that GNU C by default uses cdecl for function calls. The VST SDK explicitly defines the calls as cdecl when compiling with GNU C, and it spits out the following error:
again.cpp:27:15: warning: multi-character character constant [-Wmultichar]
In file included from /code/vstsdk2.4/public.sdk/source/vst2.x/audioeffect.h:16:0,
from /code/vstsdk2.4/public.sdk/source/vst2.x/audioeffectx.h:17,
from again.h:16,
from again.cpp:13:
/code/vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/aeffect.h:125:32: error: expected ')' before '*' token
In file included from /code/vstsdk2.4/public.sdk/source/vst2.x/audioeffect.h:16:0,
from /code/vstsdk2.4/public.sdk/source/vst2.x/audioeffectx.h:17,
from again.h:16,
from again.cpp:13:
/code/vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/aeffect.h:126:32: error: expected ')' before '*' token
/code/vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/aeffect.h:127:27: error: expected ')' before '*' token
/code/vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/aeffect.h:128:27: error: expected ')' before '*' token
/code/vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/aeffect.h:129:27: error: expected ')' before '*' token
/code/vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/aeffect.h:130:28: error: expected ')' before '*' token
/code/vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/aeffect.h:149:2: error: 'AEffectDispatcherProc' does not name a type
/code/vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/aeffect.h:152:2: error: 'AEffectProcessProc' does not name a type
/code/vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/aeffect.h:155:2: error: 'AEffectSetParameterProc' does not name a type
/code/vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/aeffect.h:158:2: error: 'AEffectGetParameterProc' does not name a type
/code/vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/aeffect.h:183:2: error: 'AEffectProcessProc' does not name a type
/code/vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/aeffect.h:187:2: error: 'AEffectProcessDoubleProc' does not name a type
In file included from /code/vstsdk2.4/public.sdk/source/vst2.x/audioeffectx.h:17:0,
from again.h:16,
from again.cpp:13:
/code/vstsdk2.4/public.sdk/source/vst2.x/audioeffect.h:27:35: error: expected ')' before 'audioMaster'
In file included from /code/vstsdk2.4/public.sdk/source/vst2.x/audioeffectx.h:17:0,
from again.h:16,
from again.cpp:13:
/code/vstsdk2.4/public.sdk/source/vst2.x/audioeffect.h:155:2: error: 'audioMasterCallback' does not name a type
In file included from again.h:16:0,
from again.cpp:13:
/code/vstsdk2.4/public.sdk/source/vst2.x/audioeffectx.h:27:36: error: expected ')' before 'audioMaster'
In file included from again.cpp:13:0:
again.h:22:29: error: expected ')' before 'audioMaster'
again.cpp:16:36: error: 'audioMasterCallback' was not declared in this scope
again.cpp:17:1: error: expected ',' or ';' before '{' token
again.cpp:22:14: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token
scons: *** [again.os] Error 1
scons: building terminated because of errors.
At the same time, when I remove the explicit definition __cdecl, and let the compiler decide, it compiles without a single issue. Should this not throw the same error, because the default is cdecl?
I have read on Wikipedia, that in case of cdecl, "Since GCC version 4.5, the stack must be aligned to a 16-byte boundary when calling a function (previous versions only required a 4-byte alignment.)" Should this provide an insight and probable cause for my problem?
Also I face the same errors when I define that as __fastcall, or __stdcall. So what is really happening here?