Why is libphobos not a shared library?

[Iain Buclaw]

On 14 June 2012 13:36, Matthew Caron <Matt.Caron at redlion.net> wrote:
> So, we've been toying with using D on embedded systems, and one of the
> things that struck us as strange is that our emitted binaries don't link
> against a shared libphobos, and indeed, one does not even seem to be created
> when building GDC. Was this a conscious design decision? If so, why? Are
> there any plans to change it to use a shared library?
> --
> Matthew Caron, Build Engineer
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>

Hi Matthew,

This is a pet peeve with us at the moment.  Yes, I can produce a
shared libphobos for you, but the default runtime implementation does
not support it, and the current workaround is specific to Linux
systems only - possibly other related POSIX systems too, so long as
/proc/self/maps exists on the system.

Regards
-- 
Iain Buclaw

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