[libxml++] [patch] Global initialization code

[Thomas J. <tho...@in...>]

Christophe,

On Monday 13 June 2005 13:08, Thomas Jarosch wrote:
> > So it looks like a --disable-static-initialisation in the configure
> > script would solve the issue.
> >
> > Any objection ?
>
> Fine with me. Of course we have to add a destructor to the Document::Init
> class and reset the callbacks. The Document::Init constructor needs an
> additional parameter (default: true) if it should call xmlCleanupParser()
> during destruction.
>
> I had another idea:
> Would it be possible to create the global _init object via an include file?
>
> #define LIBXMLPP_DISABLE_STATIC_INIT 1
> #include <libxml++.h>
>
> Multiple applications which use libxml++ could still
> share the same binary library file.

I implemented the code like I wrote above. And it works :-)
It's not ABI compatible as the new library doesn't contain the static init 
object, but it's 100% API compatile. -> It's best to bumb the .so version
for the next release.

Please let me know what you think.

Cheers,
Thomas