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Re: Wierd perl problem..
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- Subject: Re: Wierd perl problem..
- From: Steve Jorgensen <steve at khoral dot com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:24:35 -0600 (MDT)
> Ok. I've just checked in changes that work around the problem "for me".
> They should be in the next snapshot.
> The problem was that a DLL in a forked child was not being loaded in
> exactly the same location as it was in the parent. So, when the parent
> tried to copy its memory to the child -- boom!
> I kludged around this by allocating memory up to the point where the
> DLL should be loaded. This is remarkably fragile and stupid but it
> seems to work.
> The DLL code looks like it is due for a rewrite. Maybe we'll have time
> to do that someday.
> So, if you're adventurous, try out the latest snapshot and see if dynamic
> loading in perl just miraculously "works" now.
I'll play with it. Thanks.
Steve
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