From: Alexandre Oliva (oliva@dcc.unicamp.br)
Date: Wed Jan 27 1999 - 04:14:52 EST
On Jan 22, 1999, Godmar Back <gback@cs.utah.edu> wrote:
>> On Jan 20, 1999, Godmar Back <gback@cs.utah.edu> wrote:
>> > In summary, "libraries are programs with multiple entry points, and
>> > more formally defined interfaces."
>> What's wrong with this? It seems correct to me. It doesn't imply
>> that libtool requires the formal definition of interfaces, nor that it
>> verifies them in any way.
> It simply repeats one particular property of C libraries.
It's not talking about libtool libraries at that point, it's really
talking about C libraries, so there's nothing wrong with it.
> The second clause "more formally defined interfaces" begs the
> obvious question: more than what?
More formally defined than those of programs.
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Alexandre Oliva http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~oliva aoliva@{acm.org}
oliva@{dcc.unicamp.br,gnu.org,egcs.cygnus.com,samba.org}
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brasil
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