Subject: Re: [boost] [config] Request for BOOST_SYMBOL_IMPORT_VISIBLE ?
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-07 11:46:39
>> Thoughts? Would anybody be interested in something like this?
>
> No, IMO unless this is obvious and easy to use then no-one will use it. My
> point is we need more simplicity, not more complexity.
And another thing... ;-)
Can someone please explain what's wrong with changing BOOST_SYMBOL_IMPORT to
__attribute__((visibility("default"))) ?
Surely the only things that GCC can re-export in that case is RTTI info and
class vtables (it doesn't have access to member function definitions after
all only declarations) - and that's exactly what we want to happen right?
For sure we may re-export some symbols that end up not being used, but in
principle a shared library cannot know in advance what it's clients will use
/ need anyway?
Sorry if I'm being dense.
Cheers, John.