Re: [GNUnet-developers] Consider phasing out GNUNET_SERVICE_MAIN

[Alessio Vanni]

Christian Grothoff <address@hidden> writes:

> but in this case there seems to be a better alternative: use
> a C constructor to call GNUNET_OS_init():
>
> /**
>  * Initialize i18n
>  */
> void __attribute__ ((constructor)) i18n_init () {
>   GNUNET_OS_init (...);
> }
>
> Constructors run before main(), so that should fix your problem nicely.

I wasn't aware of this feature.  Would it be OK to add a constructor
calling `GNUNET_OS_init' in the gnunet-ext service?  It seems to be
something that a reference implementation/template might want to show.

Thanks,
A.V.