Rust and dynamic loading of code

#1

Hi there Rusteceans! I’m wondering is it possible for rust to support dynamic load of crates/modules/traits? Basically what I’m looking for Rust’s analogue of JDBC, where you can say ok implement this interface and I’ll load you during runtime.

#2

It’s possible but not supported. The compiler itself has plugins. The plugin loading is done here: http://manishearth.github.io/rust-internals-docs/src/rustc/plugin/load.rs.html#106-142

It uses the dynamic_lib crate: http://manishearth.github.io/rust-internals-docs/std/dynamic_lib/index.html

Be aware that this is highly unstable code and may change and break your code at any time.