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Re: Feedback on ld circular reference resolution code?

    I would still prefer to see a feature more like what the FSF is
    requesting.  One that would essentially treat a set of libraries as a
    single library.

We should have both interfaces for requesting this feature.
One is with a virtually merged library, and the other is with
command line options.

    One problem with my revised understanding of your patches (and please
    correct me if I am wrong) is that the libraries are researched after
    all the input files have been seen.  This will not work if there are
    any object files which come at the very end of the link, which is
    generally the case for COFF and ELF.

Indeed, this feature should not be limited to coming at the end of the
link.  You should be able to specify a group of jointly searched
libraries at any point.