"David Abrahams" <dave@boostpro.com> wrote in message news:m2y69dghpa.wl%dave@boostpro.com...
At Mon, 1 Nov 2010 14:34:08 +0100, Domagoj Saric wrote:
Hmm, I obviously don't know much about the Linux DSO architecture, but 'at the bottom' DSO's are just that, 'dynamic shared objects', each of which must have its own static vtable copy so it is not quite obvious to me how could it work then...?
Fixups are applied at load time if the symbol is already loaded into the executable image. Of course, all this depends on how the DSO is loaded. See http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-05/msg01970.html for relevant details.
I understand, thanks for the link :) But, wouldn't this require for the symbol in question to be exported (not something one would want for an uber-mangled piece of boost::function<> bowels)? -- "What Huxley teaches is that in the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countenance exudes suspicion and hate." Neil Postman