Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
If we were importing compiled files (or even generated files), then the
compiled file could have annotated the "static this" with the
dependencies it has...
I don't want to start another long thread on this, I understand Walter's
"I want to use standard linkers" position.
I don't think that's an argument against this; you can always compile
both an intermediate representation for purposes such as these in
addition to the standard object file. It's what the Haskell compiler GHC
does, for instance.
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