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I want to make the video, sound, input... portions of my program into DLL''s. But I also want to have different implementations of the same exported function depending on user hardware (SSE,SSE2,3DNOW,FPU...). The executable is going to query the system as to capabilities and store the result in globals, and i was going to check what to use by using dllmain() to check the globals. Is there a way I can load only the appropriate ''code path'' for the user''s system? Or will i have to make seperate dll''s for each ''code path''? Or is there a better way to go about this? (oh, each implementation will have the same interface of course)
-potential energy is easily made kinetic-
you could have the dll return the interfcae in the form of an object (ie oop goodness). this can be a "real" class which implements yoru functons using virtual functions. your program loads the library and then calls the GetBlahInterface(theFlags) which can pass the flags and returns an instance of the object approiate for the cpu (the dl should not handle it, so that the game can force certain code paths regardless of the cpu). yoru funtion woudl look like:
of you could use function pointers in a struct:
that hopefully makes sense.
CBaseClass *GetBlahInterface(DWORD flags){ if(flags&SSE2) return (new CSSE2Class()); else if(flags&SSE) return (new CSSEClass()); else if(flags&3DNOW) return (new C3DNOWClass()); else if(flags&MMX) return (new CMMXClass()); return (new CGenericClass());} of you could use function pointers in a struct:
// same deal// of course in this case you wold have varibles likeBlahFuncPtrs SSE2BlahFuncPtrs = {InitSSE2,CleanupSSE2,switchStuffSSE2,makeCoolEffectSSE2,dazzleThemSSE2}// you may want to place the SSE2, SSE, MMX, etc portion// in fonrt of the function names for quicker viewing// up to you.BlahFuncPtrs *GetBlahInterface(DWORD flags){ if(flags&SSE2) return (&SSE2BlahFuncPtrs); else if(flags&SSE) return (&SSEBlahFuncPtrs); else if(flags&3DNOW) return (&3DNOWBlahFuncPtrs); else if(flags&MMX) return (&MMXBlahFuncPtrs); return (&GenericBlahFuncPtrs);} that hopefully makes sense.
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Thanks for your response ''person''... I realize now I should have just ask is there a way to only load certain functions from a DLL not all of them? I don''t know much about DLL''s beyond run time linkage, they have a DLL main function, and u might need a DEF file to export those files. I don''t want to waste memory by loading unnecessary code, but i was hoping there was a way that i wouldn''t have to make one DLL for each implementation.
-potential energy is easily made kinetic-
-potential energy is easily made kinetic-
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