You must be aware of dynamically-link libraries, but have you tried using them through LoadLibrary on Windows or dlopen on UNIX?
A library may be dynamically-linked, but not designed for being loaded at runtime. Likewise, we may load a library at runtime, but we may not need to unload it before the program exits. In other words, a library can be "dynamic" at different levels. Those dynamically loaded and dynamically unloaded are often more special than the ones that do not. However, the dark side is that the more dynamic a library is, the further they are apart from the C++ standard.
This talk will cover a few typical use cases of dynamically loaded libraries, such as delay loading, plugin system, live update. We will discuss their status quo on different platforms, tools for diagnosis, common practices, problems, and what standardization can do to them. These should inspire you about what to do when designing your next architecture that may involve dynamically loaded code.
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