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Re: Problem with shared libraries, exceptions, and global constructors


Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> writes:

| On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:33:04PM +0200, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
| > Pardon the question: It is  a feature? 
| 
| Yes.

Then, it is a broken feature if you ask me :-)

| > Isn't there anything that can be done?
| 
| No.
| 
| Anyway, what would you suggest?  If the dependencies are so 
| complex you can't express them as a DAG, then your project
| is Just Broken, IMNSHO.

>From compiler implementors point of view, it might be fine to try to
phrase things that way.  However, from application developers point of
view, the solution you outilined earlier with its requirements are
just plain too complex to be effective.  And that is not speculation.

The sad note is that the only thing I can offer is a wish list :-/

-- Gaby


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