gmoduleopenconst

gmoduleopenconst is a term that appears in the context of certain programming environments, particularly those involving the GLib/GObject system. It is often encountered as a macro or a constant used during the compilation or linking of dynamically loadable modules. The primary purpose of gmoduleopenconst is to provide a mechanism for exporting symbols from a shared library in a way that is compatible with the GLib module loading system.

When a dynamic module is loaded by an application, it needs to expose certain functions or data structures that the application can call. gmoduleopenconst helps to achieve this by defining specific symbols that the GLib module loader looks for. This allows for the creation of pluggable architectures where functionality can be added or removed from an application without recompiling the main executable. The "const" part of the name suggests that the value associated with this identifier is intended to be constant, likely representing a specific identifier or flag used internally by the GLib module system. Its precise usage and behavior are tied to the GLib library's internal implementation of module loading and symbol resolution.