Defining a static module

Modules are libraries that provide additional functionality for the Mosel language. They are usually created as dynamic shared objects that can be used independently of the way a Mosel program is executed. If however, a Mosel program is compiled and run from within a C program (using the Mosel libraries), it is possible to include the definition of a module used by the Mosel program into the C program, thus creating a static module. Such a static module is only visible to and usable by Mosel programs that are executed from this C program. (The C file is compiled into a standard object file, no .dso file is created for the module.)

This chapter gives an example of a typical use of such a static module: for a Mosel program that is embedded into some large application it certainly is preferable to load data already held in memory directly into the model structures and not having to pass them via data files.