Patch: RFA: solib URLs
Andrew Haley
aph@redhat.com
Sat Jan 25 10:30:00 GMT 2003
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.
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