Re: DLL library (Was: [boost] Re: additional boost libraries?)

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-26 04:21:26

Vladimir Prus wrote:

> Hi Mattias,
> 
>>On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:49:22 +0400, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>>>static imported_function<void()>   apiFunc( "ApiFunc", "OSLib" );
>>
>>Couldn't find a nice point in the thread at which to insert this
>>comment, so I'll just spit it out: Since we have both the name of the
>>function and the function type, and given that a lib such as this
>>should provide a platform-independent interface, would it be useful if
>>the library automatically mangled the name according to the type?
> 
> 
> I think you've missed something ;-) Even my initial reply inthe "additional 
> boost libraries" thread mentioned the possibility of calling functions which 
> are not "extern "C". At least two other persons seems to want this. I find 
> this would be nice, though not critical at all.
> 

At this point, I'm satisfied if the one who implements this library 
allows "extern C" functions only - perhaps for the non-extern C ones, in 
a future version. (otherwise, I think it would take too much to implement)

Best,
John

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