1. a method for converting a computer program into an executable object having symbol references that can be redirected at run-time, the method executing on a computer system, the computer system including a processor and storage device, the computer system further including a computer program having symbolic references to original definitions having original names, the method comprising the steps of: identifying one or more of the original names; renaming one or more original names used in the computer program with new names; and creating an association between the original names and the new names so that symbolic references to the original names invoke a reference to the new names.