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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: phk@critter.tfs.com, terry@lambert.org
Subject: Re: changes in -current..TEST please
Cc: current@freebsd.org, imb@scgt.oz.au, julian@ref.tfs.com
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>> #define MAKE_SET(set, sym, type) \
>> 	asm(".stabs \"_" #set "\", " #type ", 0, 0, _" #sym)

>If you used up to date source, you would know that the above macro now
>looks like this:

>	#define MAKE_SET(set, sym, type) \
>		static void *const __set_##set##_sym_##sym = \
>			(&__set_##set##_sym_##sym, &sym, 0); \
>		asm(".stabs \"_" #set "\", " #type ", 0, 0, _" #sym)

>and that it (according to the gcc manual) ensures that the compiler will
>not remove your static and "secretly" referenced Symbols.

The macro only tells the compiler about `sym'.  `type' is only referenced
in the stab.

Bruce