feat(pkg): x build-lib / prebuilt consumption — binary packages end-to-end (#64)
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The package-manager half of prebuilt binary packages, on top of the compiler
foundation (dynamic system registration + --emit-module).

- x build-lib [module.ludic]: compile a package's module to a per-target native
  dylib under lib/<target>/, with an @rpath install name so a consumer resolves
  it from the content-addressed store.
- x link-flags: print the clang flags (the dylib, an rpath to its store dir,
  -export_dynamic) so any build system links a project's prebuilt module dylibs;
  x app splices them automatically for in-repo builds.
- kind prebuilt is resolved + linked like any dependency; a missing build target
  stays a hard error.

Proven hermetically (macOS-gated, since dylibs are native): a module exporting a
component + an @System(Update) + a function is built with x build-lib, fetched
as a prebuilt dep, and linked into a consumer game that never saw its source —
the module's system mutates the shared world and its function is callable
("3 42"). Package suite 17/0; full suite 87/0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@ -102,16 +102,62 @@ still hold.
Two packages may not register the same `Foo.*` namespace — a collision is a hard
error naming both modules.
## Prebuilt libraries
## Prebuilt binary packages (issue #64)
A `kind prebuilt` package ships a compiled artifact per target it declares in
`targets`. Resolution selects the artifact for the build target
(`$LUDIC_TARGET`, else `native-<arch>` for the host). If a needed target is not
shipped it is a hard error — unless the package also ships source, in which case
the source path is used. Prebuilt libs are the escape hatch for closed-source or
other-language code over the engine's stable C-ABI; source packages are the
default because they keep cross-compilation (including the wasm target) and the
compile-time ECS first-class.
A `kind prebuilt` package ships a **compiled artifact** (a native dylib per
target it lists in `targets`) instead of source. A consumer uses its exported
**functions, systems and components** without ever seeing the source. This is
the escape hatch for closed-source or other-language code; source packages stay
the default because they keep cross-compilation (including wasm) and the
compile-time ECS first-class. Prebuilt packages are **native-only** and ride the
stable reflection C-ABI — second-class ECS (dynamic, by-name components; one
indirect call per registered system), not part of the deterministic/replay core.
**How a binary module works.** The module is compiled with `--emit-module`: no
`main`, no world table (the consumer owns the single world). It carries a
load-time constructor that, when the dylib loads, registers its pieces against
the host through the C-ABI:
- **Components** — `world_register_prop(name, nfields)` in a `module_init`
function; the host owns storage, the module reads/writes by name with
`world_get`/`world_set`/`world_has`/`world_attach_dyn`.
- **Systems** — a function marked `@System(Phase)` is registered with
`ludic_register_system`; the host's frame loop calls it every frame in that
phase, after its own handlers. Phases: `Input`, `FixedUpdate`, `Update`,
`LateUpdate`, `Render`, `Start`, `OnQuit`.
- **Functions** — plain functions become dylib symbols; a consumer binds them
with `extern function name(...) -> T = "fn_name"`.
A module registers its `ludic_*` calls as undefined and binds them back to the
host image at load (`-undefined dynamic_lookup`); the host exports its ABI
(`-export_dynamic`). Every Ludic game is a capable host — the reflection ABI is
always emitted (unused parts dead-strip).
**Publishing.** In the package repo:
```
x build-lib module.ludic # -> lib/<target>/lib<name>.dylib
# add `kind prebuilt` and `targets "<target>"` to package.ludic, commit lib/, git tag
```
**Consuming.** In the game project:
```
x add git.host/user/module # kind prebuilt is resolved + the dylib linked into the view
x get # links the artifact for the build target (hard error if the target is missing)
```
then link the module dylibs into the game build. `x link-flags` prints the exact
clang flags (the dylib, an rpath to the store, `-export_dynamic`) for any build
system to splice into its link step:
```
clang -O2 game.ll $(x link-flags) -o game
```
(`x app` links them automatically when building in-repo.) If the package does
not ship the build target, `x get` fails — build from source instead where the
package offers it.
## Offline / hermetic builds