One thing that's worth thinking about in advance about the load directive is whether there needs to be a way to pass parameters into modules.
In my case I need for the module to be able to know whether it's allowed to generate debug output or not. I can think of many other areas in which I might want to connect to an external resource like a web server or database or whatever and would need to provide the module with information. load mymodule.so debug load mymodule.so debug=1 load mymodule.so 1 Obvously this wouldn't work because load allows you do do this: load fred.so bob.so alice.so An unsympathetic answer would be: DEBUG:=1 load mymodule.so But imagine telling a programmer in any other language that this was how to instantiate a class or call a function? Other possibilities: load mymodule.so[1] fred.so[0] Filenames can actually have [] characters in them so it's not very desirable. If the answer is target specific variables then I give up but I will avoid saying why because it will only start a debate. :-) I also notice that there is a setup() but no teardown() or equivalent. Any module which might have some state will need such a hook so that it can deallocate resources cleanly. Cheers, Tim -- You could help some brave and decent people to have access to uncensored news by making a donation at: http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/friends/
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