Re: DLD function unloading

[David Bateman]

Yes, there is the mlock function in the latest versions of octave.
But to remain compatiable with older versions I tend to use

  fbi_sym_tab->lookup("func")->mark_as_static ();

where "func" is the name of the function

Cheers
David

According to Shai Ayal <address@hidden> (on 09/17/03):
> Hi all,
> 
> Is there a way to protect DLD functions (oct files) from being unloaded 
> by "clear all" ?
> Under what circumstances are DLD functions unloaded ?
> 
> I am asking beacuse I want to have some persistant data saved throughout 
> an octave session (e.g. the pid of a spawned process). If I just use 
> some static var inside a DLD function, it will be erased whenever this 
> function is unloaded.
> 
>       Shai Ayal
> 
> 
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