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From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
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Subject: same function name in multiple archives - bad idea?
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Is it wrong to have functions with the same name
in multiple archives? E.g:

% ar -t /usr/local/lib/libslatec.a | grep fdump.o
fdump.o
% ar -t /usr/local/lib/libcmlib.a | grep fdump.o
fdump.o

Which "fdump" function will be used if I then link
against -larchive1.a -larchive2.a?

And is there an easy way to find functions belonging
in multiple archives?

Many thanks
Anton

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