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The main goal of this investigation is to organize shared data and code across
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multiple binary files. This is especially important for something like a base
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layer that will be used in a program that supports hot-reloading or plugins.
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Each isolated example in this repository explores a way to set up the base
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layer, plugin, and main program.
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The examples:
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*_linking - Concrete examples for each operating system I have investigated
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showing how to setup and use various types of dynamic linking. In
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these the "base" layer goes through load-time linking, the
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"plugin" layer goes through run-time linking, and the "main" layer
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acts as the executable that must bind it all together.
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clang_linking - Build scripts that build the *_linking examples with clang.
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Clang does not require changes to the source in either case.
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The build lines require some modification on Windows.
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On Linux clang can be directly swapped out for gcc.
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xlist - My prefered solution to the problem posed in the investigation which
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relies only on run-time linking. It uses an xlist to manage the
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maintenance burden of run-time linking, and a basic outline of the
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abstracted form of each layer.
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