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Re: Why is a __strtol_internal defined in dlfcn/eval.c?
- To: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Subject: Re: Why is a __strtol_internal defined in dlfcn/eval.c?
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Date: 06 Sep 2001 23:49:40 -0700
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <20010906234355.A10291@lucon.org>
- Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)
"H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
> Why is a __strtol_internal defined in dlfcn/eval.c? There is one in
> libc.
Because using the real implementation would require dragging in tons
of stuff (like the entire locale implementation) into libdl. Note the
libdl is executable. Don't worry about any such thing, it makes sense.
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