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From: net%TUB.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu (Oliver Laumann)
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Subject: Re: Dynamic loading for SunOs
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Date: 13 Nov 89 15:56:41 GMT
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In article <2885@brazos.Rice.edu> you write:
> Is there a way to link, at runtime, an arbitrary object file to the
> current process? The name of the subroutine to dynamically link is not
> known at compile/link time. It becomes known during execution. This object
> file must share the address space of the parent process. The linking
> should resolve external references in the object file with entry points in
> the current process.

You may want to look into the `Elk' Scheme interpreter that has been
posted to comp.sources.misc a couple of weeks ago.  Elk contains a module
that implements dynamic loading of object files into the running process
(see the file src/load.c); it makes use of the -A linker option
(incremental loading).

If you didn't get the above-mentioned posting or have more specific
questions about dynamic loading, send me e-mail.

Regards,
Oliver Laumann              net@TUB.BITNET              net@tub.UUCP