'Base class' shared libraries in C?

[Joerg Sonnenberger]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 02:50:04PM +0100, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to implement some C++ functionality in C.
> 
> Suppose I have several libraries that share behavior and properties, such as
> version, working directory, and so on.  I want other libraries to extend
> this behavior without having to duplicate any code.  For instance:
[...]
> 
> I want the derived modules to link with the base library, so that my
> application can link with only the derived modules and still be able to call
> the base functions without having to link to that library or call 'wrapper'
> functions in the derived modules.
> 
> Is there a way to do this?

You might want to look at the kobj framework in the kernel.

Joerg