[PD-dev] Re: combining flext externals in a library?

Thomas Grill t.grill at gmx.net
Sat Aug 9 19:19:09 CEST 2003


> > Hmmm, i can't figure out an application for this, though. Could you
> > give an example how you would use it?
>
> There was an earlier debate about standalone externals vs libraries of
> externals. I now have a technique to build both kinds without much
> effort. If I develop a bunch of small unrelated standalone externals, I
> can decide to combine them into a library, without modifying the code.
> Also, since flext is cross-platform, platform-specific externals can
> easily be included or excluded from a library. I hope you can share my
> enthusiasm.  :-)

Hmmm, yes, although i'm not against external libraries ;-)
Maybe i'm going to include a new statement which provides either the
FLEXT_NEW or FLEXT_LIB functionality, depending on some preprocessor
definition.

best greetings,
Thomas






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