[vlc-devel] [PATCH] add function libvlc_set_plugin_path

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

> Using enviroment variable VLC_PLUGIN_PATH works only if you use runtime
> similar to libvlc runtime.

In general, you cannot use different run-times in a single program to begin 
with. AFAIU, C++ pretty much forbids it. C does not, but the C++ run-time 
depends on the C run-time, and most C run-times will crash if you combine more 
than one of them in a single process.

On those OSes that don´t crash (e.g. probably Win32), you can modify the 
environment using the lower level APIs underneath the CRT.

So either ways, the environment variables are the least of concerns and I fail 
to see the point of this patch.

> If runtime lib of your main project differs from libvlc runtime lib

then you are on your own, pretty much.

> (or your application is neither C++ nor C project)

Then you most probably need some native glue. No news here.

> setting of VLC_PLUGIN_PATH gives nothing, because function getenv used
> inside of vlc core returns cached values of env variables.

That´s not true.

Also the patch is not thread-safe not re-entrant and not dealing with errors.

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Rémi Denis-Courmont
http://www.remlab.net/