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[pclasses-devel] addition for module loader

[stephan b. <st...@s1...>]

i was just bitten by this:

                factory.addPlugin("psql_mysql.so");
works, but:
                factory.addPlugin("psql_mysql");
doesn't.

That same problem shows up in C#'s approach to linking to DLLs. :(

IMO, the .so is platform-specific, and therefor doesn't belong there. 
The module loader should know the extension for the platform it's on 
and automatically append it, if needed. See 
s11n.net/download/#class_loader, src/path_finder.?pp for a class which 
implements that behaviour. It should be possible to drop that (or 
equivalent) right into the module loader's search routine. See 
src/class_loader.cpp, and grep for ".dll" to see how it's used.

:)

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Re: [pclasses-devel] addition for module loader

[Christian P. <cp...@se...>]

Am Sonntag 19 Dezember 2004 15:04 schrieb stephan beal:
> i was just bitten by this:
>
>                 factory.addPlugin("psql_mysql.so");
> works, but:
>                 factory.addPlugin("psql_mysql");
> doesn't.
>
> That same problem shows up in C#'s approach to linking to DLLs. :(

We should be better than C# and CommonC++ :-) 
I will implement it in experimental code base.

> IMO, the .so is platform-specific, and therefor doesn't belong there.
> The module loader should know the extension for the platform it's on
> and automatically append it, if needed. See
> s11n.net/download/#class_loader, src/path_finder.?pp for a class which
> implements that behaviour. It should be possible to drop that (or
> equivalent) right into the module loader's search routine. See
> src/class_loader.cpp, and grep for ".dll" to see how it's used.

I will have a look at it.

> :)


Regards,

Christian