Re: [ng-spice-devel] Dynamic library support (fully working)


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From Manu Rouat <emmanuel.rouat@wanadoo.fr>
Date Sat, 11 Dec 1999 13:32:45 -0500
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Paolo Nenzi wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Manu Rouat wrote:
> 
> > In the new simulator, I guess that we will use the 'dlopen' facility to
> > load models on request, so nearly all models can be made modular. Only
> > a few models (resistances, capacitors etc) will be hardlinked.
> 
> Why make them hardlinked ? Why do not make them modules like any other
>  exception that they are alwais loaeded byt the simulator main routine ?

What's the use? You loose time and memory. It's possible to do it so
that the interface is the same for all devices, though. 

manu

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