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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C23 thoughts and opinions
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 01:16:39 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 2 Jun 2024 10:37:55 +0100, bart wrote:

> On 02/06/2024 04:27, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 11:37:45 +0100, bart wrote:
>> 
>>> My compilers don't routinely generate object files, which would also
>>> need an external dependency (a linker), but they can do if necessary
>>> (eg. to statically link my code into another program with another
>>> compiler).
>> 
>> Modular code design would indicate that there is no point the compiler
>> duplicating functionality available in the linker.
> 
> Python uses modules and yet doesn't have a linker.

What is importlib, then, if not something that links everything together?

And guess what: it’s a module.