[PING] Plugin support on Windows/MinGW

[Boris Kolpackov]

JonY <10walls@gmail.com> writes:

> Is there a problem with using .so for internal libraries instead of
> "dll"...

I think not but I haven't tested it. The problem with using .so instead
of .dll is that producing this non-standard extension may not be easy
or possible depending on the build system/tool (e.g., libtool). Also,
you never know how other pieces of the system (like antivirus) will
react to a file that looks like a DLL but is called something else.


> ... if it simplifies the code?

I don't think it simplifies that much and the potential (and unknown)
downside is significant.

Thanks for the review,
Boris