Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Ethereal and H.323 dissector possible license solutio

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From: andreas.sikkema@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:21:23 +0200
> I wonder if we shouldn't move to making the core part of ethereal, including
> plugins support, into a shared library. On Win32, once we have the stub
> library, you should be able to make an Ethereal plugin which can see the
> exported symbols of this DLL, obviating the need for a function pointer
> table. That is, if my understanding of Win32 DLL's is correct.

Why do I have the feeling that this is a dirty and clean hack at the 
same time? :-)

I like the idea... The only thingthat's needed in the plugins is the 
ability to load DLL's and that's a system / glib call.... 
(and a header and library file for the stubs)

-- 
Andreas Sikkema
andreas.sikkema@xxxxxxxxxxx
"Standing barefoot in a river of clues, most people would 
         not get their toes wet." - Brian Kantor in a.s.r.