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Subject: Re: Runtime loading
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Maxime Henrion <mux@freebsd.org> writes:
> db wrote:
> > In my C++ program I need to load some files/classes at runtime, so
> > that users can add "plugins" without recompilling my program. What
> > functions should I use? I'm using FreeBSD 5.3-beta2 btw.
> I'm not sure about C++, though I guess you could use the same functions as
> in C.

dlopen() etc. work just fine in C++.  Beware of name mangling issues,
though; you might not be able to load plugins compiled with a
different compiler.

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