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Re: Why is a __strtol_internal defined in dlfcn/eval.c?


"H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:

> Why is a __strtol_internal defined in dlfcn/eval.c? There is one in
> libc.

Because using the real implementation would require dragging in tons
of stuff (like the entire locale implementation) into libdl.  Note the
libdl is executable.  Don't worry about any such thing, it makes sense.

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