Re: CVS commit: src

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 08:40:53PM +0000, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> Module Name:  src
> Committed By: joerg
> Date:         Mon Aug 25 20:40:53 UTC 2014
[..]
> Log Message:
> Add basic support for indirect functions. It allows providing a public
> function symbol with an implementation choosen at run time.

This obvisouly wasn't even compile tested and not discussed anywhere.

Why is this a good idea? What is it going to be used for?

This all sounds like a very, very evil hack to me. Why would you want to
do something like this during runtime linking (instead of in the source
itself where you may understand security and other implications)?

Martin