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1247 :: shared library limitations?

• timothee (orginal) [2015-05-21T11:38:50+02:00] view original

  Can we load a nim shared library from a nim program? Are there any limitations with that (use of GC, etc)? Does it work on OSX? What about threads?

  D doesn't yet support loading D shared libraries from D programs on OSX, so I was wondering.

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• def (orginal) [2015-05-21T11:46:51+02:00] view original

  I haven't looked into this deeply, but some basic code for Nim shared libraries: http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Call_a_function_in_a_shared_library#Nim

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• Varriount (orginal) [2015-05-21T17:03:37+02:00] view original

  Shared libraries can be generated using the '--app:lib' argument when invoking the compiler. If multiple Nim dll's are going to be loaded in the same program, then they need to link to the nimrtl library so that the garbage collection mechanism behaves properly.

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