> The problem is that all plugin entry points need to have the same
> symbol names, which creates conflicts if you try to link them
> together. Currently, these are plugin_init() and plugin_fini().
> A different idea would be to support .tar.gz archives of
> plugins, like I've seen (for instance) netscape do with java
> classfiles.
Well, this can be solved either via conditional compile (you need
to recompile with/without -fPIC anyway), or else via some ELF magic,
like Linux module init routines are handled ...
Bye,
Ulrich
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Ulrich Weigand,
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Martensstr. 3, D-91058 Erlangen, Phone: +49 9131 85-27688
