Re: 329-gary-allow-RTLD_GLOBAL

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sun, 8 Apr 2007, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> First, many many thanks for attacking this.  Second, please allow me a
> couple of days for review, I'll try to get to it soon.  Next, please be
> aware that as important as documentation would be test exposure for the
> functionality.  Actually, test exposure would help facilitate review a
> lot.  Also, Bob raised the question some time ago whether it would be
> good to have opaque objects similar to what pthread uses, instead of an
> int (flags), in case we ever need more information than fits in there.
> I'm undecided about it, merely pointing it out and asking for your
> opinion on this.

It would certainly be interesting to see how many systems fail the 
test and in which way they fail.

If a flag composed via boolean OR is used, I prefer that it be an 
unsigned type rather than an signed type like 'int'.

Bob
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