Re: GUILE 1.6 CVS doesn't compile

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Kevin Ryde wrote:
> Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >  make check
> >
> > isn't complaining.
>
>
> I think it works only because that preload array is empty.  There's a
> terminating zero entry, so the fetch from there gives NULL, and
> lt_dlpreload_default can tolerate NULL (it looks like NULL is what's
> there if you never call lt_dlpreload_default at all).
>
> If the array wasn't empty the fetch would be the address of the first
> symbol name string, and interpreting that as structs would bomb.

I'm loosing you here, AFAIK, the C compiler treats

  extern struct bla foo[] ;
  extern struct bla *foo ;

exactly the same in a function call of the form

  preload (foo)

the only potential problem I see is with nitpicking compilers/linkers.

Anyway, it seems to work. Will you commit?

> I suppose the fix is to define the struct, perhaps per below.  Or
> perhaps the lt_dlpreload_default call isn't needed at all if there's
> no -dlopen or -dlpreopen in the link.


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