[jira] [Resolved] (PROTON-250) Add -fvisibility option when building shared libraries

["Andrew Stitcher (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Andrew Stitcher resolved PROTON-250.
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       Resolution: Fixed
    Fix Version/s: 0.13.0

> Add -fvisibility option when building shared libraries 
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: PROTON-250
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-250
>             Project: Qpid Proton
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: proton-c
>    Affects Versions: 0.3
>         Environment: GNU Compiler
>            Reporter: Irina Boverman
>            Assignee: Andrew Stitcher
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: patch
>             Fix For: 0.13.0
>
>         Attachments: proton.patch
>
>
> Add an option to "hide" symbols in shared libraries except when they are declared public.
> Extends efforts already in place for Windows builds.
> Excludes an effort to determine what symbols should be considered "public" interfaces.
> The gcc 4 -fvisibility option is said to:
> ...very substantially improve linking and load times of shared object libraries, produce more optimized code, provide near-perfect API export and prevent symbol clashes. It is strongly recommended that you use this in any shared objects you distribute.
> See here: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility
> Attached patch (patch.txt) will build libqpid-proton.so shared library using this flag.
> It reduces number of symbols from 700+ to 500+.



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