Creating MSVC++ compatible import libraries

If you configured with -shared, then ATLAS should autocreate both a .dll and a .def file. My understanding is that the Windows tool LIB can then be used to create a MSVC++ compatible import library with commands like:

   LIB /nologo /MACHINE:[x86,X64] /def/lib[s,t]atlas.def

which will create the required .lib. For instance:

   LIB /nologo /MACHINE:X64 /def/libtatlas.def

Should create the threaded ATLAS library libtatlas.lib for 64-bit Windows.

You can see the genesis of this approach in the e-mail thread:

   https://sf.net/projects/math-atlas/forums/forum/1026734/topic/5349864