On 11/21/2017 07:03 AM, Boris Kolpackov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to ping this patch:
> 
> https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2017-11/msg01040.html
> 
> The changes are fairly conservative: they do not touch much of the
> existing module implementation and plugin support on MinGW is disabled
> by default (there are also fixes for a couple of bugs as a bonus).
> I would really liked to have this patch considered for GCC 8, if
> possible.
> 
> Thanks,
> Boris
> 

Is there a problem with using .so for internal libraries instead of
"dll" if it simplifies the code?

I don't see any other problems with it.