On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Nedko Arnaudov
<nedko(a)arnaudov.name> wrote:
"Stefano D'Angelo"
<zanga.mail(a)gmail.com> writes:
>>>> #7. Global explicit
initialization/finalization functions for more
>>>> exotic platforms (they wouldn't harm, so why not having them).
>>>
You need absatraction for defining global constructor/destructor in
shared library. As Larsl already said, you can use some C++ tricks (like
constructor of global object), for this. In my vision, such thing is
bound to creation of shared library file, this is why I mentioned
libtool.
From my (big enough) experience, 'automagic' initialization of modules
(and non-trivial variables) in addition to being not very portable
is a REALLY BAD THING.
And I would suggest using explicit calls wherever possible.
Could you please elaborate on that? What kind of problems can arise?
Stefano