On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Miklos Nemeth wrote:

> I'm developing a libcurl-based ecommerce library for a scripting
> engine, and implement my library as a shared object (DLL).
> It's clear that one can call curl_global_cleanup
> in the DllMain when the DLL is shut down.
>
> Is there similar point in UNIX shared libraries?

No. A shared library in unix is just a set of functions that you load
dynamicly.

You'll probably have to introduce your own library-init and library-cleanup
calls for the user of your library to call.

> Is it really mandatory to call curl_global_cleanup?

If your program is gonna exit anyway (and thus free/close all resources), it
doesn't matter. If your program plans to call curl_global_init() again, you
better make sure cleanup was called first.

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