Share .obj files between different configurations

Question

Hi

My goal is to integrate testing into my development environment (as post-build step). I don't want to interfere with the DLLs that are generated in debug and release, so i plan to create new configurations for the project. But i don't want to compile every source file i have twice - once for the DLL, once for the test unit - I want to share the generated object files. How can I achieve this ?

I am developping in c++ using Visual Studio 2005.

Answer 1

The compiler has an "intermediate" directory per configuration. If the .obj files in there are newer than the source files it compiles, it won't regenerate them.

Answer 2

Compile the objs into a new lib project that is shared between the dll and your test project.