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Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:

> Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> There are probably many ways to accomplish that.  For example, in Java,
>> perhaps we could implement a custom classloader.  Or maybe we could
>> patch the built-in class loading mechanism [1].  Similarly, in Python
>> there are also ways to customize the import mechanism [2].  Perhaps Perl
>> also has a similar mechanism?
>
> Jar files can be told to import classes from another Jar by adding it to
> the =E2=80=9CClass-Path=E2=80=9D field of the Jar=E2=80=99s manifest.

Likewise, Guile 2.2 uses ELF for its .go files.  It does not support
RUNPATH yet, but we could add support for it I suppose.

Ludo=E2=80=99.