I noticed in the code that there is a concept called "forwad_export". Does it have anything to do with making a function in one DLL return a function address that belongs to another?
If that is the case, how do I activate this? Is there some spec file magic that will do it?
I'm trying to implement unicows.dll. The theory is quite simple - since unicows merely implements unicode functions that exist, theoretically, only in Wine, all I have to do is create forwards (i.e. - ExtTextOutW in unicows.dll will call ExtTextOutW in GDI). This is slightly inefficient, but should solve our unicows.dll problems.
If I can merely instruct the dynamic loader to return the GDI ExtTextOutW function when someone tries to link with the unicows ExtTextOutW, I can solve the inefficiency in a clean, working way without further problems.
I considered various loader tricks, but I'm afraid the closest I'm willing to come is assembler tricks, and those won't work on other platforms (then again - other platforms are highly unlikely to require unicows - hmm).
Shachar
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