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add load_library: Return actual library object, rather than file path as find_library

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Since Dec 10, 2020.

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enhancement

find_library shouldn't really return a path, but instead a loaded library.

This would permit things like https://github.com/ros2/rcutils/issues/143 to not have to worry about paths, and could possibly reduce any possibility of ODR by returning currently loaded libraries rather than loading a new one.

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