[webkit-dev] Exporting symbols (was Re: Common build system (was Re: WebKit Wishes))

[Ryosuke Niwa]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Dirk Pranke <dpranke at chromium.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Alexey Proskuryakov <ap at apple.com> wrote:
> >
> > 31.01.2013, в 14:45, Dirk Pranke <dpranke at chromium.org> написал(а):
> >
> >>>> One thing to keep an eye on with WEBCORE_EXPORT is that it can
> increase
> >>>> the number of exports for each port, because it would export symbols
> that
> >>>> are only needed for other ports.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I'm not sure I understand the concern here. Is the idea that some
> >> ports might build WebCore as a DLL (and need exports) and others
> >> wouldn't? Or the idea that the API that is needed to be exported might
> >> vary from port to port in such a way that too many symbols for WebCore
> >> might be exported on some ports?
> >
> > The latter.
> >
> > I suspect that it's somewhat less of an issue for JavaScriptCore,
> because its exports are mostly used from cross-platform code.
> >
>
> I see. Some concrete examples would be helpful here (to me, at least).
> What components and ports are we talking about, and what sorts of
> symbols?
>

FWIW, there are quite few symbols exported from EditorMac.mm although of
them are if-def PLATFORM(MAC)'ed in .h anyway.

- R. Niwa
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