Re: Module loading on Windows

[Ignacio Burgueño <ignaciob@...>]

Shmuel Zeigerman wrote:
> Usually, if a Windows application is concerned with a particular DLL 
> version, it installs it in the directory where it installs its EXE. 
> Then, it can be safely uninstalled from there with the rest of the 
> application.

Agreed. I am concerned about the version I'm using, so I install my DLLs 
 in a given directory (remember, I'm deploying using LuaRocks but it 
cannot be assumed that I'll consume that rocks using the Lua executable 
that LuaRocks has installed).
The problem is with the other applications, out of my control, that I 
might break.

> > Whenever possible, its best to not drop dlls in the path. It breaks 
> > the isolation of the rock.
> > Also, consider what happens when you remove the rock. Do you remove 
> > the dll you put on the path? What happens if you stepped onto the dll 
> > of another application? Removing the dll will break it.
>
> Agreed.
> (And I wasn't suggesting that LuaRocks install DLLs on the PATH, I said 
> installing pcre.dll on package.cpath would be wrong).
Neither I was suggesting using package.cpath either.

Regards,
Ignacio Burgueño