From:	sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
Message-Id:	<10108012021.AA19123@clio.rice.edu>
Subject:	Re: gettext port
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Date:	Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:21:02 -0500 (CDT)
In-Reply-To:	<CAEGKOHJKAAFPKOCLHDIGECDCGAA.tim.van.holder@pandora.be> from "Tim Van Holder" at Aug 01, 2001 08:58:38 PM
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> He will consider patches for inclusion in libiconv.  So I'll look into
> making such changes.  Since libiconv is 95% data and 5% code, this
> could provide substantial savings.
> 
> That aside, could we consider getting some sort of extended dynamic
> loading as part of DJGPP (some implementation of dlopen() perhaps
> - DXE just isn't good enough for general use)? 

What external calls does libiconv make?  There are many undocumented
tricks which might allow us to do this easily if it's only 5% code.
Send me a pointer and I'll look at it.

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