solib: URL patch

Wed Aug 13 10:22:00 GMT 2003

Tom Tromey writes:
 > 
 > This restriction will be lifted once we move to the new ABI. Then we
 > will be able to load .so files privately (instead of RTLD_GLOBAL).
Uh, we've decide this for sure, have we? I mean, it sounds like a
good idea, but have you dot a solid design in mind? We still need a
mechanism that will allow us to call .so files from CNI code, I guess.
 > With this patch I'd also like to deprecate SharedLibLoader. I think
 > the solib: URL approach is more flexible and perhaps easier to
 > maintain.
That's right.
Andrew.