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    Are you asking about your compiler linking in a normal, expected, general-purpose library (say, inlining math functions)? Or are you asking about the compiler patching the program to give it functionality that is not expressed in the source code? Commented Mar 24, 2024 at 12:55
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    @marcelm Yes exactly, the "compiler" patching the program to give it functionality that is not expressed in the source code. Commented Mar 24, 2024 at 14:22
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