16554 - PR_FindSymbol(null, "symbolname") does search loaded symbols

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(NSPR :: NSPR, defect, P3)

Description

[Alec Flett]

According to the header:
/*
** Given the name of a procedure, return the address of the function that
** implements the procedure, or NULL if no such function can be
** found. This does not find symbols in the main program (the ".exe");
** use PR_LoadStaticLibrary to register symbols in the main program.  If
** "lib" is NULL then all currently loaded libraries and the main program
** are searched

However, if you pass NULL as the first argument, then it ASSERTS instead of
searching the loaded symbols.

Either the header needs to be fixed, or it needs to work as advertised....

Comment 1

[srinivas]

The NSPR documentation also says the same thing as the header.

PR_FindSymbol was always looked up the symbol only in the specified library.
PR_FindSymbolAndLibrary should be used to look up a symbol among all the loaded
libraries. The documentation should be fixed.

Comment 2

[Alec Flett]

thanks.

Comment 3

[srinivas]

Updated the description of PR_FindSymbol in the header file and NSPR
documentation at mozilla.org.

Files modified:

/cvsroot/mozilla/nsprpub/pr/include/prlink.h, rev 3.4

/cvsroot/mozilla-org/html/docs/refList/refNSPR/prlink.html
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