GDExtension: Copy DLL to a temp file before opening #80188
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Thanks, this looks great!
I finally got a new Windows development environment going so I could test this. Without this PR, I got "access denied" when trying to re-compile my GDExtension with the editor open. But with this PR, I was able to re-compile just fine, and the temporary copy got cleaned up when the editor closed.
The code looks good to me too.
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Yeah, I couldn't find a way to make it hidden. |
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Updated to remove the define. |
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Needs rebase to fix a temporary extension compat error. |
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Very very nice, fantastic job! 💖 I manually rebased this onto f2acfb1 and tried it with godot-rust. |
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You could now update this to use the |
This is done only in the editor and only on Windows, to avoid a file lock that prevents the original library being updated (e.g. by a compiler). When the game runs it will load the original DLL and pick up any changes, only the editor will stay with the copy (until it is restarted and create a new copy). The copy is done in place by prepending a `~` to the original file name, so dependencies that are loaded with a relative file path still work. When the library is unloaded the copy file is deleted. The copy is also marked as hidden to not show up in explorer.
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Updated to set the temp file as hidden. I didn't set the read attribute because I think it's not relevant (the file can't be written anyway because of the open lock). Given the name it's also set as an "protected OS file" so it does not show unless you have the option on to show these types of files, which is an extra bonus. |
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Discussed at the GDExtension, and we think this looks awesome! |
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I retested this with the latest changes, and I noticed a minor issue: if the .dll exists but fails to load for any reason, the copy won't get cleaned up when the editor closes. Probably this should delete the copy right away if there's an error opening the library. Other than, still seems to be working great! |
It probably just requires adding some cleanup code on each possible early return/fail condition in the loading function. |
Sounds good! I can make the follow up :-) |
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This is done only in the editor and only on Windows, to avoid a file lock that prevents the original library being updated (e.g. by a compiler).
When the game runs it will load the original DLL and pick up any changes, only the editor will stay with the copy (until it is restarted and create a new copy).
The copy is done in place by prepending a
~to the original file name, so dependencies that are loaded with a relative file path still work. When the library is unloaded the copy file is deleted.Closes godotengine/godot-cpp#955
Note: This still does not enable actual reloading for GDExtension, but it is a step towards it.