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Daniel Eischen wrote:
> Is a simple mutex around dlopen, dlsym, etc, sufficient?  We don't need
> to handle recursive calls, right?

I don't know.  "Go Solo 2" in chapter 12 suggests a critical
section.  It also suggests that it's the caller's responsibility,
not the libraries, to do the critical sectioning.

-- Terry