Re: linking multiple libraries

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From: Kaz Kylheku
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 00:00

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On Tue, 25 May 1999 23:45:47 GMT, lotx@my-dejanews.com <lotx@my-dejanews.com>
wrote:
>   BTW, in M$-Window$, it is possible to solve my dilemma by using
>dynamically linking instead of static linking of libraries.  The WIN32
>API provides functions such as LoadLibrary() and GetProcAddress() to
>call explicit functions at run time.  This would allow me to use
>distinct DLLs that have the same name for a global variable.
>
>   Is there a switch or an option in gcc that gives me this capability?

Yes. More precisely, the GNU linker is quite flexible when dealing with
symbols.  You can give it a list of global symbols to suppress when linking
together an object such as a library.

For more info, see the documentation or ask in some gnu newsgroup.

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From: kaz@ashi.FootPrints.net (Kaz Kylheku)
Subject: Re: linking multiple libraries
Date: 1999/05/26
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