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Re:Why Foreign Function Interfaces are not an easy answer (2... by ithkuil on Sunday January 16, 2022 @02:31PM (#29959104)
There is no need for a side car file; we could have an extra section in the binary (ELF or other formats) in the same vein we have debug (e.g. dwarf) and other metadata.
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Re:Why Foreign Function Interfaces are not an easy answer (2... by coldtea on Sunday January 16, 2022 @06:03PM (#29961333)
Sure, it doesn't have to be sidecar (though as a sidecar you could add it next to existing binaries where you don't have upstream access as well and might be signed so you can't alter them).
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