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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Native dynlink on 3.11: a request for packagers
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Le 21 nov. 08 =E0 20:29, Dario Teixeira a =E9crit :

> AFAIK, you cannot directly dynlink a cmxa or cmx file like you would =20=

> do in
> bytecode with cma or cmo files.  Beforehand, a native code
> binary must be made into a plugin via ocamlopt's -shared
> option.

To make it easy to do this for a module or a library would it be =20
possible to add a new default %.cmxs target in ocamlbuild before 3.11 =20=

is released (or is it already too late) ?

Best,

Daniel

P.S. Tell me if you prefer to have that in the bug tracker.