Re: Why does the default cpath not have lib?.so in it?

[Matthew Frazier <leafstormrush@...>]

On Sep 14, 2011, at 9:54 , Sebastien Lai wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Tim Caswell <tim@creationix.com> wrote:
>> FWIW, the way we solved this in nodeJS is to change the extension to .node
>> and require can only open those and not arbitrary .so files.
>> 
> 
> But doesn't that introduce additional ambiguity?
> 
> As far as I know, Lua keeps it that way to remove any possible
> ambiguity. Just by looking at the file extension ".node" it's not
> possible to tell whether it's a DLL, SO, or a simple javascript file.
> 

Alternatively, Lua could use ".lua.so" or ".lua.dll". This both makes it clear that (a) it is a normal .so or .dll file, and (b) it is intended for use with Lua.

Thanks,
Matthew Frazier
http://leafstorm.us/