Modules

In Limbo, modules are the basic building blocks of all programs. Every program can be said to be a "module."

Limbo modules do more than divide a program into smaller parts. Limbo modules:

• Group functions and data into logical, distinct packages
• Separate interface and implementation
• Have a well-defined interface that provides the only access mechanism to the module
• Have a type defined through its interface
• Enable dynamically loadable libraries
• Can be rebuilt without recompiling or relinking user programs
• Compose a Limbo application as a set of interacting components that contain data and functions