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|    glen herrmannsfeldt to Armel    |
|    Re: How C compilers handle multiple func    |
|    30 Dec 08 07:35:17    |
   
   From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   Armel wrote:   
   (snip)   
      
   > It seems that there is no real standard shared by all _linkers_ but   
   > the "one function per object" paradigm makes your question simple   
   > enough to be sure that the _first_ "function module" is considered the   
   > one to choose   
      
   For C that is fine, but for languages with an ENTRY statement,   
   such as Fortran and PL/I, it gets more complicated.   
      
   -- glen   
   [Same problem if you have a couple of C routines that share data with   
   file-level static data. -John]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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