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

[Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>]

Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> writes:

| But the same problem ocurrs with any other sort of global state
| that needs constructing.  E.g. standard io.

But for standard IO, there is a standard modular idiom,
e.g. std::ios::Init to help a given translation unit to make
sure that the IO objects are correctly constructed in that translation
unit before use, and their integration in a larger component/program
does not pose problems.  Relying a global ordering is a recipe for
disaster. 

-- Gaby