Re: g_module_build_path on Win32

[Rick Jones <rick jones2 hp com>]

Tor Lillqvist wrote:
> Eugene T writes:
>  > g_module_build_path prepends a "lib" prefix to module names on Win32, 
>  > which imitates the Unix behavior. Is there a technical reason for
>  > this?
>
> Not really, except that the "lib" prefix is used on Win32, too,
> exactly in the kind of software that most often uses GLib
> I.e. software which has been ported from GNOME/Unix, and which is
> built using the GNU toolcahin (especially libtool).
>
>  > this prevents the function from loading general purpose dll's in a
>  > cross-platform way without reproducing the logic.
>
> If one specifies the full name of the dll including the ".dll",
> g_module_build_path() doesn prepend "lib".

is that full absolute name, or a "full basename?"

rick jones