Re: Lua 5.0 loadlib (on MacOS X)

[Eli Green <eli@...>]

On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 15:42 Canada/Eastern, Asko Kauppi wrote:

> I've got a workin OS X native loadlib.c as well, which I've intended 
> to send to you.
>
> It not only adds the native dylib (actually, bundle) support but also 
> allows any C code to access the linkage functions directly. This is 
> necessary for loadmodule etc. addons. Otherwise, we'll end up having N 
> times the same code, and no-one will like that!

What is required by loadmodule? loadlib simply loads a library and 
returns an entry point. From what I've read about loadmodule, any 
version of loadlib that works like the dlopen version should be enough 
for loadmodule to work.

> So, whichever solution you choose (or merge) for the future releases, 
> I'd like to be able to work with it from the C level, too. Thanks!

Is there any functionality that you need beyond being able to call 
loadlib directly in C? I'm confused.