What version did you try this with? On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Soth <soth1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi, > I`ve tried to compile the protocol buffers library as a DLL in > msvs2008 and it didn`t link. The problems are basically with incorrect > export of functions/classes from the libprotobuf-lite and > libprotobuf : > > 1) StringSpaceUsedExcludingSelf undefined in lite, to solve moved > definition from generated_message_reflection.h to repeated_field.cc > > 2) bool DescriptorPoolExtensionFinder::Find(int number, ExtensionInfo* > output) undefined in lite and i think it can be only solved by > removing DescriptorPoolExtensionFinder class declaration from the > extension_set.h and placing it in to a new file in libprotobuf > extension_set_heavy.h or somewhere else in libprotobuf local headers. > > On Dec 23, 3:51 am, Kenton Varda <ken...@google.com> wrote: > > If you link protobuf as a DLL: > > > > (1) You must link to the C runtime as a DLL, otherwise you'll end up with > > two copies of the C runtime, which may mean two separate heaps, among > other > > things. > > > > (2) All components of your application which use protocol buffers must > link > > to the same C runtime as the protocol buffers DLL. This is true when > static > > linking as well, but sometimes people mistakenly think that it is not > true > > with DLLs. > > > > (3) All components of your application which use protocol buffers must > use > > the same version of protocol buffers. The DLL binary interface is not > > compatible between two different versions. > > > > (4) You absolutely cannot place the protobuf DLL in a system shared > > directory, because it may be incompatible with other apps which use a > > different version of the DLL. The DLL has to stay in your application's > own > > directory. > > > > Given these constraints, there isn't much benefit to dynamic linking for > > most people. Usually the advantage of using a DLL is that you can share > it > > between multiple programs, but that is unlikely to work well with > protocol > > buffers due to the interface version compatibility issues. > > > > Another typical reason to use DLLs is because you want to provide a > "plugin" > > system for your application. But if all your plugins link against > > libprotobuf as a DLL, then they must all use the same version of protocol > > buffers, which is a pretty serious limitation to any plugin system. A > > better approach would be to statically link each plugin individually > against > > protocol buffers; this way, each plugin has its own embedded copy and > > doesn't have to worry about version compatibility with other plugins. > > However, if you do this, then you cannot pass protocol buffer objects > > between plugins, since they might use different versions of the library. > You > > can, however, pass encoded messages between plugins -- the encoding > format > > is (obviously) compatible between versions. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Soth <soth1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > in protobuf documentation it`s stated that static linking is preferred > > > to dynamic because of different issues. I`d like to know what these > > > issues are, what i shouldnt do with the protobuf if i link with it > > > dynamically and how come that static linking is better. Thanks ahead. > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Protocol Buffers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to proto...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<protobuf%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <protobuf%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To post to this group, send email to proto...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<protobuf%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to proto...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en.
