gcc visibility used by moz

[Mike Stump]

On Jul 14, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> What that concretely means is that it alienates, for example, codes
> based on Factory desigbn pattern using typeinfo objects.

I'd love some input from the MS VC++ programming crowd on this  
issue.  I don't see how they get past this issue.  I've had some  
claim, but it's a feature, not a bug.

The basic question is, are two unrelated types in different dlls the  
same, just because they have the same name?  How do you prevent them  
from being the same?