Re: repos

[martin f k. <ma...@ma...>]

also sprach stephan beal <st...@s1...> [2004.10.07.2310 +0200]:
> You're quickly getting into the realm of DLL-based symbol lookups
> (dlsym()), which are error prone and not type-safe.

Well, this is going to be unavoidable if we want to design such
a software, right?

We *could* introduce a registration file format that libraries have
to provide to be used by libdlfactory++. Of course, this would mean
that we add an extra hurdle to the deployment for libdlfactory++.
Sort of like pkg-config, but with actual usability impacts.

> i think you're right on track, except that i'm still fuzzy on the
> line between module loader and dll loader. i haven't yet grasped
> the conceptual difference between the two: they seem to be the
> same (or very, very similar) to me. Can you clear that up for me?

Well, I see the line between the factory, the module loader, and the
DLL finder. The DLL's finder's job is simply to locate the DLL which
provides the requested functionality. The module loader then loads
this DLL and registers it with the factory. Does that make sense?

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