Re: -rdynamic

[NotZed <zucchi zedzone mmc com au>]

> (I've converted a program that I've written a while ago into a
> shared libary, and I dlopen this library from another program,
> but am running into a problem caused by a duplicated symbol names.
> Of course I can change this name, but I would think it should be
> possible to hide the shared library symbol. For now I've solved it
> by not linking the executable with -rdynamic.)

The only way is to use a unique namespace for your library,

e.g.
 my_library_the_function()

Is a good way to do it, and used by stuff in gnome (and just about every
other library i can think of).

 Michael