Subject: Re: Plugins and referencing *variables* in the loading program
From: Brian Dessent <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 11:23:41 -0700

Maarten Boekhold wrote:

> suppose I have application A, that loads (gmodule_open) a module B. 'A'
> contains a variable:
> 
>         A.c:
>         G_MODULE_EXPORT int var = 1;
> 
> B refers to that variable:
> 
>         B.c:
>         G_MODULE_IMPORT int var;
> 
> B is linked with a A.def file:
> 
>         A.def:
>         IMPORTS
>         var = A.exe.var
> 
> When I use 'var' in B, it has a completely wrong value.
> 
> Can the windows linker resolve references to external variables when
> loading a library with gmodule_open/dlopen?

You might want to read this thread:
<http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-10/msg00339.html>

Brian

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