Use gRPC as shared library

[gabswb]

I am using opentelemetry-cpp for a plugin (libplugin.so) that is used by a program. This program uses its own gRPC shared library for its purposes. So when libplugin.so calls the opentelemetry-cpp library which itself is statically linked to its own version of gRPC, there is a crash which is related to this gRPC issue: grpc/grpc#20034 (in short grpc crash when two different grpc libraries are used in the same process).
I specify that the program can not change its use and its version of gRPC. If a modification must be made, it is in the build of opentelemetry-cpp or in the plugin.
Would it be possible for example for opentelemetry-cpp to use gRPC from a shared library?

[esigo]

Hi @gabswb, thanks for reaching out to us. Yes it is possible. Please see an example here and here.