-shared option

Wed Apr 2 09:10:00 GMT 2003

Tom Tromey writes:
 > >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> writes:
 > 
 > Andrew> I don't see why we need to do anything that does not
 > Andrew> correspond to Java semantics. In other words, symbols
 > Andrew> described as public should be exported, and
 > Andrew> private/protected/package private ones should not.
 > 
 > I think protected symbols would have to be exported, wouldn't they?
 > One DLL might have a class whose superclass is in a different DLL.
 > Package private ones are debatable.
Okay. The semantics don't exactly correspond, so it's hard to be
sure. I suppose we ought to err on the side of generosity.
Andrew.