Runtime loading

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On Thursday 09 September 2004 16:36, you wrote:

> > In my C++ program I need to load some files/classes at runtime, so that
> > users can add "plugins" without recompilling my program. What functions
> > should I use? I'm using FreeBSD 5.3-beta2 btw.
>
> I'm not sure about C++, though I guess you could use the same functions as
> in C.  If that's true, then you should use the dlopen() family of
> functions. They are quite portable, since you'll find the same functions
> under all the *BSD, Linux and Solaris.  Be aware that with Linux and
> Solaris, those functions are located in libdl, while they are found in libc
> on the *BSD systems.

Ok, thanks :-)

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