On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 08:50:41AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> Correct on both counts. Many of the routines are wrapper routines used
> to assist in code portability.
That ok in programs, but shared libraries need to be careful not to use
names likely to be used by programs that use them. FWIW, this document
has lots of information about ELF shared libraries.
http://people.redhat.com/drepper/dsohowto.pdf
There's a lot of technical stuff that you can skip, but there is a lot
of info about scopes and how they are resolved, common problems and how
to fix them.
Have a nice,
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