Patch: RFA: solib URLs

[Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>]

Tom Tromey writes:
 > I'm submitting this patch for general review and comment.
 > I'm planning to eventually check it in on the trunk, but since it is
 > big and unusual I thought I'd get some feedback first.
 > 
 > This patch does several related things:
 > 
 > * Adds a new `solib:' URL protocol handler.  A URL of this form is
 >   somewhat like a `file:' URL, but the handler loads the file as a
 >   shared library.  It is also somewhat like a `jar:' URL, in that
 >   something of the form `solib:/path/to/libfoo.so!/some/other/path' is
 >   used to look up resources in that shared library.

I don't understand the point of this.  Why not just use the "file:"
prefix instead of adding a nonstandard one?

Andrew.