Re: [AD] Rambings about plugins

[Bob <ohannessian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Vincent Penquerc'h wrote:

[snip]


I like the idea.


> Of course, this probably means that plugin authors must follow some
> guidelines (eg generating PIC code). I'm not knowledgeable at all in
> this area, so I'll let other people point out any problems with this
> approach, as the constraints placed on writers might be too high ?


For C/C++ code, does that mean using a simple compiler switch? If so, then 
this won't be a problem for the majority of plug-ins. For assembly code 
however, what do I need to do to generate PIC instead of absolute positioning?


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