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+# --- Required interface definitions ---
+
+OBJ=obj
+LOBJ=obj
+
+# Usage: $(call libname,base)
+define libname
+$(1).lib
+endef
+
+# Usage: $(call binname,base)
+define binname
+$(1).exe
+endef
+
+# --- Required rule definitions ---
+
+#                       1   2
+# Usage: $(call compile,src,includes)
+define compile
+	cl /nologo /Zi /Gy /EHsc /MD /TP /GR $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) \
+		$(foreach I,$(2),-I$(I)) \
+		/c $(1) /Fo$(call src_to_obj,$(1))
+endef
+
+#                       1   2
+# Usage: $(call c_compile,src,includes)
+define c_compile
+	cl /nologo /Zi /Gy /EHsc /MD $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) \
+		$(foreach I,$(2),-I$(I)) \
+		/c $(1) /Fo$(call src_to_obj,$(1))
+endef
+
+libcompile = $(compile)
+c_libcompile = $(c_compile)
+
+#                        1    2
+# Usage: $(call makeslib,objs,library)
+define makeslib
+	lib /nologo /OUT:$(2) $(1)
+endef
+
+#                       1    2       3       4        5
+# Usage: $(call makelib,objs,library,current,revision,age)
+define makelib
+	dll=
+	cl /nologo /Zi /Gy /EHsc /MD /TP /GR /LD /Fe$(basename $(2))$(3).dll \
+		/link /incremental:no \
+		$(foreach L,$(subst -L,,$(LDFLAGS)),/LIBPATH:$(L)) \
+		$(foreach L,$(subst -l,,$(LIBS)),$(L).lib) $(1)
+	if [ -f $(basename $(2))$(3).dll.manifest ]; then \
+		mt.exe -nologo -manifest $(basename $(2))$(3).dll.manifest \
+			-outputresource:$(basename $(2))$(3).dll\;2; \
+	fi
+endef
+
+#                       1    2
+# Usage: $(call makebin,objs,binary)
+define makebin
+	cl /nologo /Zi /Gy /EHsc /MD /TP /GR /OUT:$(2) \
+		/link /incremental:no \
+		$(foreach L,$(subst -L,,$(LDFLAGS)),/LIBPATH:$(L)) \
+		$(foreach L,$(subst -l,,$(LIBS)),$(L).lib) $(1)
+	if [ -f $(2).manifest ]; then \
+		mt.exe -nologo -manifest $(2).manifest \
+			-outputresource:$(2)\;2; \
+	fi
+endef