[GRASS5] GDAL "Bridge"

[Markus Neteler]

On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 07:55:16PM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> Is there any particular reason why r.in.gdal loads libgdal
> dynamically, rather than just being linked to it?
> 
> Assuming that there is a reason for doing it this way, I was planning
> on re-writing gdalbridge.c so that it only opens the library once,
> rather than once per symbol.

Glynn,

this was implemented by Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>.
He may tell you about any reasons (if there).

Markus