Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Benjamin Franksen <[email protected]> · Tue, 15 Jul 1997 17:29:27 +0200

Marty Kraimer wrote:
> 
> Note that you can do this without changing base. Just provide a routine:
> 
> void initHooks(int callNumber) {localInitHooks(callNumber); }
> 
> and let localInitHooks do what you suggest.

Yes, but then I cannot reference the original initHooks function. Of
course I can copy the original initHooks.c to my application directory,
change the name, etc... but then I can also patch the original initHooks
function to do what I want. I do _not_ say that the current solution
doesn't allow me to do the things I want to do, it is just non-modular
and somehow unsatisfying, and this contrasts the otherwise very flexible
flavor of EPICS.

Look, if someone simply wants to _use_ my driver, and maybe is not an
EPICS expert, (s)he wants to have a simple installation procedure like
"place a call 'register...' in your startup file" and _not_ "You also
have to copy your initHooks.c to your application directory, patch it in
the following (detailed explanation here, where to put the code) and
then uncomment the line 'LIBOBJS += ...' in your baseLIBOBJS file,
instead ........".

	Ben
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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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