ceph/src/boost/libs/dll/doc/introduction.qbk

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   2     Copyright 2014 Renato Tegon Forti, Antony Polukhin
   3     Copyright 2015 Antony Polukhin
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   8 [section:introduction Motivation]
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  10 Adding a specific features to an existing software applications at runtime could be useful in many cases. Such extensions, or plugins, are usually implemented using Dynamic Library Modules (DLL,SO/DSO) loaded at runtime.
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  12 This library was designed to simplify plugin development using C++ in a portable cross-platform manner.
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  14 Library provides a portable across platforms way to:
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  16 * load libraries
  17 * import any native functions and variables
  18 * make alias names for C++ mangled functions and symbols
  19 * query libraries for sections and exported symbols
  20 * self loading and self querying
  21 * getting program and module location by exported symbol
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