Re: Problem with LT 2.1a

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Peter O'Gorman wrote:

> On Sep 7, 2006, at 12:10 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > We could add another interface
> >   lt_dlopen_flags (const char *filename, int flags);
>
> I'd prefer to be more specific - lt_dlopen_global(const char * filename)
>
> The docs would specify that it would attempt to open it in the global 
> namespace, but may, in fact, open it locally if there is no API to open 
> globally.

This is a good idea but I think that it should refuse to load the 
library/module and return an error instead since if the application 
requires use of this API, it is likely broken.  It is better to know 
about breakage sooner than later.

A more radical approach would be to not expose the lt_dlopen_global 
interface at all if it can't be supported (using #error to report an 
error message).  That would cause a compile time failure so that the 
person building the software can investigate possible alternative 
build methods.

Bob
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