18.4 Foreign libraries
Import native libraries through tooling contracts—not random linker flags in a README footnote.
Foreign libraries
Native dependencies enter through foreign library import tooling: manifest link entries, CLI import flows, and platform-spec contracts that keep Windows/Linux/macOS differences out of your application’s soul.
Start here
Section titled “Start here”Interop overlap
Section titled “Interop overlap”FFI language rules are chapter 21; this section is packaging and linking policy. Mixing them in one angry Slack thread is optional but not recommended.