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From: kc@cbnewsl.att.com (keith.coulson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: How To Implement Run-Time Creation of New Classes
Summary: 1990 USENIX C++ Conference
Message-ID: <1991May7.155214.13017@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 7 May 91 15:52:14 GMT
References: <1991May6.213804.542@vax1.mankato.msus.edu>
Organization: UNIX System Labs
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In article <1991May6.213804.542@vax1.mankato.msus.edu>, dannies@vax1.mankato.msus.edu writes:
> In an article entitled "Implementation Benefits of C++ Language Mechanisms"
> by David Jordan (Communications of the ACM, Vol. 33, No. 9, September, 1990,
> pp. 61-64), the auther states that
> 	"... no generally available C++ environment yet supports the run-time
> 	 creation and integration of new types into running processes, though
> 	 this is possible and has been done. ..."
> 
> Could anybody provide me some examples (code fragments would be great) or list
> of books and/or articles on this issue? (The article by David Jordan does not
> give any references)
> 
> Any information will be greatly appreciated.
> 

There is an article in the 1990 USENIX C++ Conference proceedings
entitled "Adding New Code to a Running C++ Program" by Sean M. Dorward,
Ravi Sethi and Jonathan E. Shopiro which has what you want.

Keith Coulson
UNIX System Laboratories