The lack of files is exactly the point. Any kind of blobs need to be bundled with the compiled code in a -defined and preferably portable way, and this is the d

The lack of files is exactly the point. Any kind of blobs need to be bundled with the compiled code in a -defined and preferably portable way, and this is the domain where it's used the most. The way the OP described just doesn't work in that context. We had a recent thread about the new #embed which does this properly and portably.