I would say it's not a common pattern, if only because most libraries aren't written with embedded systems with only a few megabytes (or even kilobytes) of avai

I would say it's not a common pattern, if only because most libraries aren't written with embedded systems with only a few megabytes (or even kilobytes) of available memory. I've at least seen it firsthand in C++ systems written for game consoles (PS2) from my time in that industry.