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On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:33:02 +0000
Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote:

> Complicating this is that on ELF platforms there=E2=80=99s no way to be
> certain a DLL loaded by the program won=E2=80=99t call a function in the =
main
> program; Windows and macOS require that the functions exported be
> explicitly marked as such, which makes it more practical.

Yeah, I forget this; that *would* make it easier to be sure of what can
safely be ditched.