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Would it be possible to allow JS libraries to be linked as normal objects (via -l and recognising .js extension suffix like linker already does for other extensions)?
This would help a lot, for example, to avoid teaching Rust --js-library specifically for Emscripten target - rust-lang/rust#41409 - and likely would help other tooling that can already pass objects to downstream linker via -l.
If not, that's fine, I can continue working to bring this as a separate gated feature to Rust, but decided to ask if this is something that can be considered changing on Emscripten side.
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kripken commentedon May 15, 2017
We had a PR for that, I believe. I think it was motivated by Rust in fact. I don't remember if it landed or not, but it was on the way to, so maybe we should find it and move it along.
RReverser commentedon May 15, 2017
Sounds good to me if you're on board. I'll try to find it and, if not, will make my own.
RReverser commentedon May 15, 2017
Found #4816 if that's what you mean. Also found similar but older #2809.
Which one is a preferrable starting point?
kripken commentedon May 15, 2017
Thanks, yeah, #4816 is the one I meant. Reading it again now, I'm not sure why it was closed. @juj had a few concerns, but they weren't fully discussed, and I think they could be addressed - we could reduce the risk of confusion in a few ways, like useful debug logging etc.
In terms of next steps, maybe @juj can say if he's strongly opposed to this? If we can convince him, then that PR is a good starting point.
stale commentedon Aug 30, 2019
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