At 05:51 11/01/99 -0500, William M. Perry wrote:
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> writes:
> Andy Piper <andyp(a)parallax.co.uk> writes:
>
> > If this is the case (and I know that it is) doesn't this make
> > dynamic loading less useful since you will have to have modules
> > compiled for every sort of build (mule, non-mule etc)
>
> Well, the modules will be distributed in source form, won't they? When
> you compile them, they get compile with the same options your XEmacs was
> compiled against, and things work.
I think andy's concern was with the fact that they will need to be
_installed_, and then you might not be able to share install trees or
something like that.
That was my concern. However, I guess you are always going to have to
compile them for your site. This is not bad but a good reason for not
creating bazillions of modules.
Hrvoje is now going to say "why" and I don't have a thought through answer
- just gut feel :)
andy
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