Dynamic libraries

[Carlos Cassino]

> > I'm using RedHat5.0, glibc & binutils updated and EGCS-1.0.3.
> > I wrote a tiny C++ program that simply loads a (C++) dynamic library,
> > calls a function and unloads it. The problem is that if an exception
> > is thrown inside the library (and caught there) the program aborts.
> 
> I believe this problem exists on just about every platform.
> 
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Do you know why it happens? I really can't understand that...

For example: if you make a C program that loads libstdc++.so and a
C++ library, the same think happens with one difference: at end of
the execution, if you try to unload libstdc++ (just like I do with
my library) you got a SegFault. Does it make sense?

Regards,
-- Cassino