Re: gmodule question

[Kurucz István <kurucz istvan gmail com>]

Hello,

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Lex Trotman <elextr gmail com> wrote:
> On 16 May 2010 19:45, Kurucz István <kurucz istvan gmail com> wrote:
>> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 3:27 AM, Lex Trotman <elextr gmail com> wrote:
>> > On 16 May 2010 06:56, Kurucz István <kurucz istvan gmail com> wrote:
>> >> I would use a string in my modul
>> >>
>> >> in my module:
>> >> G_MODULE_EXPORT extern const gchar *foobar_name = "foobar";
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> in main application:
>> >>
>> >> gchar* test;
>> >> g_module_symbol(module, "foobar_name", (gpointer*)&test);
>> >
>> > Assuming you opened module and tested the return??
>> >
>> > Now test the return of g_module_symbol and use g_module_error to find
>> > out
>> > the error.
>>
>> Yes, module opening is success. g_module_error() result has nothing
>> special. It works fine with functions, but I cannot access other
>> symbols (eg. variables).
>>
>>
>
> You mean that g_module_symbol returned true but the pointer was not the
> string?

Yes, that's right!

> If so you had better post the whole of a short program that demonstrates the problem.

This is very little example:
http://dunaharaszti.lutheran.hu/glib_module_error_sample.tar.gz

My GLib version: 2.22


Thanks:
Kurucz István