On 10/21/2010 05:23 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> that there can only ever be one definition of a symbol in a program, and >> UNIX has always merged multiple definitions to achieve this > Does the rule include that gloabl object destructors are to run on > every unload, or the last/final unload or last call to dlclose (when > the shared object gets unmapped)? I suspect that Bad Things would happen. :-) As far as I know, they are run, and if you have two definitions of some object with a destructor, then you violate the ODR rule, and it's all your fault! > Many folks don't expect their > objects will be pulled out from under them until the last unload. It > seems like a reasonable expectation to me. Sure, but you break the rules, you get to keep all the pieces. Andrew.
