On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, David Lyon wrote:
> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> > > > > - fpc/lazarus uses these library files just as it would
> > > > > internal functions...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > That is impossible. (or you use "internal functions" entirely the wrong
> > > > way).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Why impossible ?
> > >
> > > At compile time, the compiler could decide whether the function is
> > > "internal"
> > > ie within the lazarus library files, or "external" within the users
> > > library
> > > directory.
> > >
> >
> > This is not something the compiler should decide. It should compile code,
> > period.
> Right. That is technically correct.
>
> The linker, "ld" actually decides where it needs to pull in the appropriate
> library code from.
Not really, the source code tells you where it is ?
> > All the rest should be outside the compiler, in an installer system.
> >
> That may well be.
>
> But what calls the linker "ld" ?
The compiler.
> > This is the kind of stuff that fppkg is meant to solve.
> >
> Maybe that is the right place for it.
I think we're talking about different things, so never mind my remark :-)
Michael.
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