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Lazy binding in linkers ?

Recent versions of Windows compilers have added delay loaded imports to permit lazy symbol binding for procedures, somewhat like the ELF PLT. A delay-loaded DLL has a structure similar to the .idata import directory table, but not in the
.idata section so the program loader doesn’t handle it automatically. The entries in the import address table initially all point to a helper routine that finds and loads the DLL and replaces the contents of the address table with the actual addresses. The delay-loaded directory table has a place to store the original contents of the import address table so the values can be put back if the DLL is later unloaded. Microsoft provides a standard helper routine, but its interfaces are documented and programmers can write their own versions if need be.

Windows also permits programs to load and unload DLLs explicitly using LoadLibrary and FreeLibrary, and to find addresses of symbols using GetProcAddress.

 

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