From: Roy S. <roy...@ic...> - 2018-08-30 21:24:39
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On Thu, 30 Aug 2018, Jed Brown wrote: > Roy Stogner <roy...@ic...> writes: > >> I think Derek specifically referred to the re-linking of apps whenever >> the library changes, though. That's definitely more paranoid than it >> needs to be. > > It's necessary to catch errors if a symbol is removed from the library. > Automake/make has no way to know if changes have that effect. Gah, good point. It still might be nice to give users some "make install_library_only" option for regular use. > It is possible to link a bunch of examples together into one executable > that behaves differently depending on its name (for example). ... Is this something that normal people do in practice? Or is it just the sort of thing an Obfuscated C Code Contest winner does when language-only madness gets too boring and no longer calms the shakes? --- Roy |