Re: flat namespaces redux

[Albert Chin]

On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:59:03PM -0600, Robert Boehne wrote:
> Maybe I don't understand OS X, but as I see it, any library
> that needs a two level namespace would not build on any other OS
> because OS X is the only OS that supports this feature.
> Now, if that is the case, it doesn't make any sense for Libtool
> (a tool for portable library creation & use) to support a feature
> that is only present on a single platform.  Does that make sense?

I think we should support the two-level namespace, even if it is
OSX-specific. I look at libtool more as a way to easily build shared
libraries across multiple platforms.

Think about AIX. An AIX shared library (non-brtl) can contain *both* a
static and shared member. We don't emulate this across all platforms.

And, how about this warning in ltmain.in (a non-portable feature):
  echo "*** Warning: Linking the shared library $output against the"
  echo "*** static library $deplib is not portable!"
  deplibs="$deplib $deplibs"

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albert chin (address@hidden)