Re: Return type of dlsym

["Clive D.W. Feather" <yyyyy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Matt Seitz said:
> This seems a contradiction to me.  If dlsym has no ISO C compatible means of
> returning a function symbol's address, then how can one construct an example
> that complies with ISO C?  Unless you mean the example should only show dlsym
> used to confirm the existance of a function symbol?

You can't even do that: an implementation could convert all function
pointers to NULL when they are cast to void *.

> But if a feature can be
> supported without violating Standard C, C++ follows Standard C.

This is not the case. A number of exceptions come to mind.

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