Support library names in the linker
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enhancement
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- Dominant language
- Rust
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
ld and lld both allow full names to be passed to the library using a : before the name.
We should make sure this also works for us as this is the easiest way to link static libraries when generating shared objects
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Research direction
Start by tracing how the project passes library names to the linker and compare that handling with the ld and lld full-name syntax described in the issue. Done means the linker accepts names preceded by a colon, including static libraries when generating shared objects.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100