Re: Module loading on Windows

[Ignacio Burgueño <ignaciob@...>]

Stefan Sandberg wrote:
> Imagine two different applications using the same version of PCRE, then 
> you've cleverly made the entire point of dll's in the first place 
> completely meaningless.
> Manifests dictate which library version to load, -not- where it's placed.

I know that duplicating libraries might end up with some kind of bloat 
(i.e. multiple copies of foo.dll), but if that gives you application 
that works, its preferable.

In this case, I'm talking about different applications using different 
versions of a DLL. Using manifests might be a solution but only on WinXP 
and above and only if the problematic library has some consistent 
numbering scheme.

Regards,
Ignacio