Version number is bumped!
Added --staticlib option to flx. This creates a static link library (archive)
instead of an executable. The static link thunk and drivers aren't
included. It is not possible today to make an archive of just C++
code, the base Felix program is archived too.
The static link library should be "identical" to the corresponding
dynamic link library.
This paves the way for statically linking plugins.
We can link in the static archives to the executable and create
a registry. Then we create (yet another) higher level abstraction
over plugins that checks the registry before trying dynamic loading.
To do this we will have to create a binding routine.
This routine contains the names of the entry points of all
the plugins to be statically linked, which will yank the
code out of static link libraries into the exe. The routine
then registers these entry points associated with a plugin.
The registry is used to find the symbols which would
otherwise by found on dynamic loading by dlsym().
The registry can also ensure a DLL isn't loaded twice,
however that's probably useless since the OS is going
to do that anyhow.
Another tweak to "flx" should make it possible to process
just C++ files without any Felix. This will make "flx"
useful to C++ programmers even if they don't care
about Felix. In particular it should provide "platform
independent" compilation and linkage. With some
special syntax like:
//$$LINK: pkgname
we can autolink required libraries transparently.
[Auto inclusion of include files based on resource
abstractions is easy to do but invasive]
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john skaller
skal...@users.sourceforge.net
http://felix-lang.org
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