Add shared library support when building with meson #2918
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Build type will be set by default_library, which default to static. However, shared libraries can be built, by passing -Ddefault_library=shared
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Does this handle exporting symbols? |
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Yes, when running |
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Or which symbols do you mean? |
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The important platform for this is Windows. Linux has all symbols visible by default, but Windows uses the better option, which is that all symbols are hidden by default. CMake has WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS for this. |
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Description
Building shared libraries is currently not supported, when building with meson.
This PR enables building shared libraries, by passing
-Ddefault_library=shared.When this option is not passed, a static library is built.