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dylib

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dylib.

Editorial note

But if you wrap all system calls in a dylib, then that dylib insulates you against syscall interface changes.

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Quick take

(computing, Apple) Syllabic abbreviation of dynamic library.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(computing, Apple) Syllabic abbreviation of dynamic library.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dylib.

noun

(computing, Apple) Syllabic abbreviation of dynamic library.

Example sentences

1

But if you wrap all system calls in a dylib, then that dylib insulates you against syscall interface changes.

2

Nowadays calling a.so/.dylib/.dll function, or accessing a thread-local variable also generates lots of cruft code that could possibly get optimized once the data is loaded.

3

Determinism let's me cache *.o/a/so/dylib/exe/whatnot without getting false-positives due to time-stamp changes and owner/group permissions in the obj/ar files (see ar(1)).

4

Julia's startup time has been fast for over a year – accomplished by pre-compiling the base language as a shared library (.so,.dll, or.dylib).

5

I recently tried this, and all sorts of dylib problems on my system lead me to believe its just not practical.

6

All you have to do is link libsqlite3.dylib instead of CoreData.framework.

7

BTW with recent Go it works fine when built as a dylib, it's just tougher to distribute (on OS X at least, due to stored paths).

8

Maybe one good case where DLL/.so/.dylib shine (if only golang...

9

He's even got a.dylib build in the Makefile, but I can't get it to build after tinkering with it for a few minutes.

10

I think most of libSystem.dylib (and its sub-dylibs) are once again open source.

11

I'm seeing no such file or directory on.dropbox_inj.dylib is that normal?

12

I found this in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_c.dylib (and no references to perl).

Quote examples

1

The main part would declare entry-points to be reached, and the "swapped" overlay were like many.so/.dylib/.dll files that knew about the main part.

2

For example if you are on a Mac run "nm /usr/lib/libc.dylib", those are the symbols that it might be referencing in a compiled nim program.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use dylib in a sentence?

But if you wrap all system calls in a dylib, then that dylib insulates you against syscall interface changes.

What does dylib mean?

(computing, Apple) Syllabic abbreviation of dynamic library.

What part of speech is dylib?

dylib is commonly used as noun.