Rename and stabilize `std::dynamic_lib`?

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I was browsing the std docs and noticed that std::dynamic_lib was among the few std modules that were not yet marked stable. Is it going to stay this way for a while? And what prevents it from being stabilized?

There is also a naming problem, which has been brought up by @mzabaluev in this thread.

dynamic_lib seems a slightly arbitrary abbreviation of dynamic_library, especially when the type inside the module is called DynamicLibrary, while dylib is what Rust and Cargo also uses.

Now that RFC 909 is accepted, dynamic_lib will be the only top level std module to have an underscore in its name,

Such inconsistency is unnecessary.

Iā€™d propose that we rename the module to std::dylib and the type to Dylib.

A good idea or not?

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