Re: Problem with LT 2.1a

[Peter O'Gorman]

On Sep 7, 2006, at 12:37 AM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

> 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.

Indeed, you're right, the developer can try lt_dlopen_global, and  
fall back on lt_dlopen if the former is simply a preference.

Peter