C++ static constructors in libltdl modules [[Was Re: revised patch for glib compilation]]

[Gary V . Vaughan]

On Tuesday 20 March 2001  4:29 am, Tim Janik wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > > (another implication just sprang to my mind, GModule doesn't currently
> > > handle static C++ constructors
> >
> > Nor does libltdl, since lt_dlsym() doesn't really work with the C++ name
> > mangler.  Unfortunately, this means that the dlopen concept doesn't
> > really port to C++.  I can imagine a hairy workaround, but I don't
> > inflict C++ on myself outside of work *grin* =)O|
>
> oh, i thought someone had implemented the code in libltdl to get static
> c++ constructors to work.

Not to my knowledge, though I haven't paid as much attention to the 
multi-language branch (libtool-1.5 to be) as I would have liked.  So it may 
have gone in without my noticing...

> anyways, in the case such code arrives, it may
> only be called after successfull g_module_init(). that means for libtool,
> there must be ways to supress automatic constructor initialization at
> loading time and do them on demand later on.

Yikes!  I'm Cc:ing the libtool list to record this information for posterity, 
and incase any of the KDE folks that lurk here know better than I do :-)

Cheers,
        Gary.
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