Shared Objects website

Well, if you want to then you can help me add information to this site:


http://sobjs.os4depot.net

:)

@orgin

no DNS here yet.. :D

@orgin

OS4Depot - make a link to sobjs.os4depot.net!

@SZAMAN

I will, just pre-opening it here to see if I get any feedback.

Does anyone know exactly what these libs do?

libpython25.so
libgcov.so

@orgin

I'd wager a guess that libpython25.so is part of Rogue's Python port that comes with OS4.

GCov - I think it's a tool that comes with the GCC compiler suite; test coverage analysis?

Best regards,

Niels

@nbache

Yeah, but if it's a 'part of' then it provides exactly what as that part? Is it a glue kit between a python executer and the os? Is it a complete parser and all? Does it let programs that include it do python?

gcov, okey, I'm no closer on that one though. Obviously the .so file isn't a tool in itself, but rather it provides something to the apps that include it.

Google didn't help me much either.

@orgin

Yeah, sorry, I don't know the details. Hopefully someone else can fill them in.

At least Google can confirm my hunch about gcov being a test coverage tool. And there are several other parts of the GCC suite that are also implemented as .so files. Of course you could implement more or less any tool in an .so with just a minimal program to call its functionality.

Best regards,

Niels

@orgin

libpython is for programs/games that use python for scripting, much like some programs use LUA or ARexx. F.e. the OS4 port of Battle for Wesnoth could use it for custom AIs written in Python.

BTW, from the "Amiga Python.pdf" that comes with the OS4 port in the July Update (in the Documentation drawer):

---8<---
3.Specific features of Python 2.5.1 for AmigaOS 4.x
Shared Library
This port is implemented as a shared object library, libpython25.so. It usually resides in SOBJS: on your workbench disk. The provided SDK can be used to link your own programs against libpython25.so, as well as creating your own native modules.
---8<---

Best regards,

Niels

@orgin

Quote:

libpython is the python interpreter and system library. The "python" program is a few lines of code that just works as a frontend to libpython.

With libpython, you can also embed python as a scripting language into your own program. It works exactly like on other platforms, so any information on www.python.org applies to AmigaOS as well

EDIT: Cool idea, by the way. I like that

@Rogue / nbache

Okey thanks, I've updated that entry now.

@orgin

Well done! I was just needing a list of these libs. Thank you, it is very welcome!

@orgin

There's a load missing. Here's my SOBJS:


libgcc.so 56324 ----rw-d 25-Feb-08 17:25:40
libz.so 84796 ----rw-d 22-Feb-08 01:31:02
libxslt-1.1.so 277220 ----rw-d 21-Feb-08 19:17:02
libxml2-2.6.so 1668308 ----rw-d 21-Feb-08 20:38:52
libssl-0.9.8.so 2312048 ----rw-d 21-Feb-08 19:35:04
libcurl-7.16.so 315248 ----rw-d 21-Feb-08 20:39:06
libicuuc-3.4.so 1562740 ----rwed 26-Jan-08 00:56:43
libicudata-3.4.so 8975196 ----rwed 26-Jan-08 00:56:42
libSDL-1.2.so 401130 ----rw-d 17-Jan-08 22:18:00
libstdc++.so 1093240 ----rwed 15-May-07 00:12:40
libpython25.so 3930725 ----rwed 23-Jun-07 15:32:24
libpthread.so 155465 ----rwed 04-Jul-07 13:48:30
libpng12.so 276740 ----rwed 22-May-07 12:45:58
libgcov.so 21044 ----rwed 17-May-07 18:20:04
libexpat.so 214212 ----rw-d 22-May-07 12:46:00
libdl.so 8420 ----rw-d 22-May-07 12:45:58
libc.so 45884 ----rwed 25-Jun-07 00:00:00
libbz2.so 70764 ----rwed 22-May-07 12:45:54

@Chris

All of those are in the list already.

@Chris

You need to click on "more"
The link given in the first post leads to the recent additions

@orgin

libgcov - unknown

I'd say it's a tool

edit: or "toolkit" if it needs to fit in the descriptions

@Raziel

Ah, completely missed the more link.

@orgin

Can we have an option to sort them by name?

Chris

@Chris

Yepp, that's on the todo list, with sorting on all columns.

@orgin

Which is now added..

@orgin

libdl.so has the .so part in its name, whereas every other
file has not - intended?

Would it be possible to add the file sizes as one cannot
judge the latest version by the given dates - at least not me?