Re: Link to static library from DSO without exporting symbols?

[Paul Pluzhnikov]

"Boris" <boris@gtemail.net> writes:

> If I know these other objects are 
> linked in only because they are required and not because the user insists to 
> include the whole archive why should their symbols be exported?

[This topic has strayed too far from g++.
Perhaps you should take it to *advocacy* group.]

You know that you don't want these symbols to be exported, but the
linker can't "read your mind", and doesn't.

If the default was to do what you wish, it would be very confusing
and non-orthogonal; as if "ls" listed files, but "ls -l" removed
them. Unix programmers in general do not like options that change
the bahaviour in non-obvious ways.

Cheers,
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