On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 03:35:59 -0500, Paul Davis wrote: > >At least one person is dlopen-ing LADSPA plugins with RTLD_GLOBAL, and this > >can potentially cause problems with plugins that have clashing globals. > > as at least one of those people, i should note that this occurs only > because i am using the g_module library, which uses RTLD_GLOBAL > implicitly. it is an error to use it in this way, and i plan to move > ardour away from this ASAP. other people who think of using g_module > should consider this issue too.
Right, but either way I think its wrong for plugins to export irrelvent symbols. If I understand whats going on, even without RTLD_GLOBAL global variables in the plugin will be exported to the host, which could cause problems. - Steve
