Re: Minor wishlist item:

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From: John Navas
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 12:00

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db3l@ans.net (David Bolen) writes:

RE: C RTL DLL

 > Well - I think it's very rare that each C library in use today
 > actually matches up perfectly as far as entry points.

If the library is truly ANSI, and nothing more, then all the entry
points should match perfectly.

 > There are always some internal support functions and what not.

Helper and other non-ANSI library functions can go in a different
library.

RE: DLLs in general

 > I'll tell you what I would fix - automatic version support for
 > DLLs.

In my experience, version support can easily be encoded into the DLL
name (e.g., VBRUN100.DLL).  The problem is that most developers don't
bother.

Best regards,
John

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From: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas)
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Subject: Re: Minor wishlist item:
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Date: 3 Oct 92 12:00:00 GMT
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