Re: [xml] [PATCH] DSO/Module Support

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 11:12:28AM -0700, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> Joel Reed wrote:
> > The following patch implements a basic API for dynamically loading
> > shared objects (.so/.dll files).
>
> Is there a specific reason why you are re-implementing the ltdl library 
> provided with libtool? It already knows all these platform specific 

  In general I appreciate reusing code, but ...

1/ ltdl.c + Makefile stuff looks way larger than the suggested patch.
2/ I'm not sure I like libtool in general and ltdl.c looks excruciatingly
   complex (possibly this need to be that complex, but it's not likely)
3/ libltdl seems to be under the LGPL licence, which is significantly
   different from MIT' one we are using

> machinations, it can handle purely-static builds on platforms that 
> require it (or when the user chooses it), etc.
>
> Since libxml2 already uses libtool, it seems that using libltdl would be 
> a simple addition.

  would you candidate to fix problems in a timely fashion if we have
some with libltdl ?

Daniel

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