- load-library UNIT #!optional LIBRARYFILEprocedure
On platforms that support dynamic loading, load-library loads the compiled library unit UNIT (which should be a symbol). If the string LIBRARYFILE is given, then the given shared library will be loaded and the toplevel code of the contained unit will be executed. If no LIBRARYFILE argument is given, then the following libraries are checked for the required unit:
- a file named <UNIT>.so
- the files given in the parameter dynamic-load-libraries
If the unit is not found, an error is signaled. When the library unit can be successfully loaded, a feature-identifier named UNIT is registered. If the feature is already registered before loading, the load-library does nothing.