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 12.2 Loading Dynamic Objects
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      Warning: The 'load' directive and extension capability is
      considered a "technology preview" in this release of GNU make.  We
      encourage you to experiment with this feature and we appreciate any
      feedback on it.  However we cannot guarantee to maintain
      backward-compatibility in the next release.  Consider using GNU
      Guile instead for extending GNU make (The 'guile' Function
      Guile Function.).
 
    Many operating systems provide a facility for dynamically loading
 compiled objects.  If your system provides this facility, GNU 'make' can
 make use of it to load dynamic objects at runtime, providing new
 capabilities which may then be invoked by your makefile.
 
    The 'load' directive is used to load a dynamic object.  Once the
 object is loaded, a "setup" function will be invoked to allow the object
 to initialize itself and register new facilities with GNU 'make'.  A
 dynamic object might include new 'make' functions, for example, and the
 "setup" function would register them with GNU 'make''s function handling
 system.
 

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· load Directive              Loading dynamic objects as extensions.
· Remaking Loaded Objects     How loaded objects get remade.
· Loaded Object API           Programmatic interface for loaded objects.
· Loaded Object Example       Example of a loaded object
 

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