> What if the library you use calls dlopen later? That’ll fail.

Nonsense. xemacs could absolutely call dlopen.

> There is no universal, working way to do it. Only some hacks which work in some special cases.

So you say, but I remember not too long ago you weren't even aware it was possible, and you clearly didn't check one of the most prominent users of this technique, so maybe you should also explain why I or anyone else should give a fuck about what you think is a "hack"?