Brain-dead compilers [was: [omniORB] Re: compiling omniORB3 on NT]

[Bruce Visscher]

Hello omniORBers,

David Riddoch wrote:
> Yes -- you should be able to link to libomniORB* without linking to
> libomniDynamic*.  However, this doesn't seem to work at the mo'.

This is a problem with DEC CXX version 5.6 on VMS also (even at 2.x.y;
Note: this is not a problem with CXX 6.2).  This significantly
complicates creating shareable images on VMS (esecially on VAX). 
Basically, if the compiler sees just about any external references the
linker is going to want to have a definition.  Even if they are not
used.  I.e., to really seperate omniORBx from omniDynamicx, we would
need to prevent the compiler from seeing TypeCode, Any, etc. (other than
forward declarations) unless something "dynamic" is being compiled. 
While I think this is just plain dumb (on the part of the compiler), is
this enough of a problem on enough platforms to be worth the effort to
somehow seperate this?

Bruce Visscher