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Give an example of "catastrophic failure"
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same library being loaded in the same process (for example, attempting to
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import two Python packages that link to different versions of the same library).
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This sometimes works without incident, but it can also lead to anything from library
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loading errors, to subtle runtime bugs, to catastrophic system failures.
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loading errors, to subtle runtime bugs, to catastrophic failures (like suddenly
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crashing and losing data).
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- Last but not least, static linking and vendoring results in duplication,
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and may increase the use of both disk space and memory.

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