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Expand Up @@ -342,8 +342,10 @@ Note that frameworks are only available on OSX targets.
The different `kind` values are meant to differentiate how the native library
participates in linkage. From a linkage perspective, the rust compiler creates
two flavors of artifacts: partial (rlib/staticlib) and final (dylib/binary).
Native dynamic libraries and frameworks are propagated to the final artifact
boundary, while static libraries are not propagated at all.
Native dynamic library and framework dependencies are propagated to the final
artifact boundary, while static library dependencies are not propagated at
all, because the static libraries are integrated directly into the subsequent
artifact.

A few examples of how this model can be used are:

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