Re: Plugins and referencing *variables* in the loading program

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Maarten Boekhold wrote:

> Hi,
>
> suppose I have application A, that loads (gmodule_open) a module B. 'A'
> contains a variable:
>
> 	A.c:
> 	G_MODULE_EXPORT int var = 1;
>
> B refers to that variable:
>
> 	B.c:
> 	G_MODULE_IMPORT int var;
>
> B is linked with a A.def file:
>
> 	A.def:
> 	IMPORTS
> 	var = A.exe.var
>
> When I use 'var' in B, it has a completely wrong value.
>
> Can the windows linker resolve references to external variables when
> loading a library with gmodule_open/dlopen?
>
> Maarten

The short answer is "no".

The slightly longer answer is: "do you Google?"
<http://google.com/search?q=import+symbols+executable+site%3Acygwin.com>
	Igor
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