X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/03af437f7586bba182c76ff73e058f8c16fd8e2b..24f86c43c427160b7fb5a1b06c4c0861cc6cc72f:/include/wx/buffer.h

diff --git a/include/wx/buffer.h b/include/wx/buffer.h
index 75b47edd69..3244323737 100644
--- a/include/wx/buffer.h
+++ b/include/wx/buffer.h
@@ -168,7 +168,14 @@ private:
 
     // placeholder for NULL string, to simplify this code
     // NB: this is defined in string.cpp, not (non-existent) buffer.cpp
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+    // MinGW requires explicit WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE to avoid compilation
+    // errors
     static WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(Data) NullData;
+#else
+    // but Visual C++ doesn't like it
+    static Data NullData;
+#endif
 
     void IncRef()
     {