On 2009-11-13 17:10:44 +0100, dsimcha <dsim...@yahoo.com> said:
== Quote from Yigal Chripun (yigal...@gmail.com)'s article
Generally speaking, is static linking of the stdlib the right thing?
I realize that's the only working option now, but when this is fixed
(and it really should be fixed) would that still be the correct choice
for the stdlib?
Yes, it is. First of all, much of the std. lib is templates. Here you
don't have
much of a choice. Second, IMHO dynamic linking is generally more trouble than
it's worth. Static linking may be inefficient in that you keep 1 copy
of each lib
per process in memory, but it "just works". No conflicts,
dependencies, etc. To
me this is a worthwhile tradeoff.
When there is a vulnerability in a standard library function, you don't
really want to recompile all programs making use of it. Of course, for
templates there's not much of an option...
Take care,
Daniel
