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A runtime hot-linker and loader
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ReadMe.org

Linker Loader

Read the full introduction.

The goal of this library is to dynamically link and hot-load code from COFF and ELF files at runtime. The intent is to speed up iteration time by removing the whole-executable link step. This loader will make it possible to compile and load single functions rather than entire dynamic libraries, for example.

I was inspired by Hot Runtime Linking by Andreas Fredriksson (archive.org) and Naughty Dog's GOAL.

By controlling the linking and loading phases, I hope to make it easier to save "cores" of the entire application state (i.e., every static variable), show diagnostics on undefined/unused references, and a variety of other things.

I want to be able to load COFF and ELF files on either of the main platforms I support (Windows x64 and GNU/Linux x64), regardless of the sub-type of file:

  • .o

  • .obj

  • .lib

  • .so

  • .dll

  • .exe

  • ELF executable

This isn't intended to be shipped enabled for end-users, unless the application is supposed to be friendly to modification. I am making this as a tool primarily for applications in development.

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  • Live++: "Live++ works at the binary level using .PDB, .EXE, .DLL, .LIB, and .OBJ directly. It extracts and reverses most of the needed information from executable and object files." Live++ has no GNU/Linux support.

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