From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 671A1BB81 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:17:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iAKJH0DA026641 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:17:00 +0100 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA26273 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:16:59 +0100 (MET) Received: from comtv.ru (mail.comtv.ru [217.10.32.17]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iAKJGwxa007998 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:16:59 +0100 Received: from av1474.oops ([10.0.66.9] verified) by comtv.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 45764958; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:16:58 +0300 Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:17:30 +0300 (MSK) From: malc X-X-Sender: malc@home.oyster.ru To: Alex Baretta Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Native executable symtable In-Reply-To: <419F92C0.4010200@barettadeit.com> Message-ID: References: <41935E30.3020104@yahoo.it> <20041111160949.GA13998@annexia.org> <419F664F.9020905@yahoo.it> <419F8664.8010501@baretta.com> <419F92C0.4010200@barettadeit.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 419F982C.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 419F982A.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; malc:01 malc:01 pulsesoft:01 caml-list:01 symtable:01 baretta:01 wrote:01 referenced:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 compiler:01 dlls:01 asmdynlink:01 mangling:01 runtime:01 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Alex Baretta wrote: >>> What does this patch do? I clicked on the link but could not make any >>> sense out the page you referenced. >>> >> >> I don't know how to put it more bluntly than that (already on the page): >> >> >> What is it? >> A patch, against OCaml 3.07, making it possible to: create, link against >> and dynamically load shared objects on i386 ELF and Win32 platforms. >> > > I read this, but I don't see how this differs from the behavior of vanilla > Ocaml. I commonly use shared-object libraries in my code, and the Ocaml > compiler can generate DLLs out of libraries for use within C code. The > problem addressed by ASMDynlink dynlinking Ocaml compiled code within a > running native code application. What has Vitaly's patch to do with this? Keyword here is "for use within C code", this patch is "for use within OCaml code", also adressing name mangling, shared GC and runtime. Additionally it Natdynlink module is introduced (Natdynlnk mimics the behaviour of Dynlink, but works with natively compiled OCaml shared object). A little bit of research on the page would have (like, for instance, getting the examples provided or reading README) would have given you just as much information. > > I also don't understand your sarcasm. Sarcasm spurs from the fact that first version of this patch was introduced in 2001 and developed till 2003. I had hoped that this will result in some reaction, if not from Inria developers then from OCaml users, alas this was not the case. Nothing w.r.t. native shared object and/or dynamic linking of native code has changed since then. I myself asked and waited for something akin to this for a bit, then decided to went ahead and did it on my own, big mistake, all signs are there that people do not need this functionality bad enough to do anything. So be it. -- mailto:malc@pulsesoft.com