From -8279080829377409137 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f635e,e7776fa3664990ff X-Google-Attributes: gidf635e,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,5cc0e5689db82f7b X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Pete Becker Subject: Re: Is type_info object static or temporary? Date: 1998/06/08 Message-ID: <357BCEB1.65AAD11@acm.org>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 360692431 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com (comp.std.c++) References: <356D82DA.36025D97@matfys.lth.se> <6kl3ar$npi$1@shell7.ba.best.com> <35727d32.0@210.134.196.10> <3578C2EA.18AA8308@ix.netcom.com> <3579F0B6.3B9A00DA@acm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Originator: clamage@taumet X-NNTP-Posting-Host: petebecker.ne.mediaone.net X-UID: 0000000001 X-Status: $$$T Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: MediaOne -=- Northeast Region Newsgroups: comp.std.c++,comp.sys.mac.programmer.codewarrior Pete Becker wrote: > > Paul D. DeRocco wrote: > > > > Incidentally, I don't really understand why Borland does that, > > since its linker is smart enough to ensure the uniqueness of type_info > > objects. > > It's because of DLLs. The linker doesn't see the contents of a DLL, so > can't merge duplicate objects. On re-reading, this needs a bit of clarification: When linking an executable, the linker doesn't see the contents of the DLLs that the executable uses, so it can't merge objects that are duplicated in different DLLs. -- Pete [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]