Alan Coopersmith: > > > Wouldn't it be more consistent to follow the libc model, where all the > functions, both standard and non-standard, are in the same .so, but the > function prototypes are visible or hidden based on the #defines set? > Memory can be a fickle thing, but I believe libsunmath predates some of the facilities required. The split goes back pretty far, pre-Solaris I think (using the customary definition of Solaris 2.0+ as Solaris ... I think the first compiler releases with libsunmath were 4.1.x based, and had to run in both environments for several years).
Of course, my old email discussion threads were destroyed (I presume) by IT when I left. David Hough, Alex Liu, Gregory Tarsy, et al. probably have a better chance of resurrecting the original decision making than anyone outside of Sun\\\\Java. > -- > -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com > Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this transmission may be confidential. Any disclosure, copying, or further distribution of confidential information is not permitted unless such privilege is explicitly granted in writing by Quantum Corporation. Furthermore, Quantum Corporation is not responsible for the proper and complete transmission of the substance of this communication or for any delay in its receipt. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/tools-compilers/attachments/20091023/a8eacf0d/attachment.html>
