Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 18:16:38 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: terry@lambert.org, current@freebsd.org, imb@scgt.oz.au, julian@ref.tfs.com Subject: Re: changes in -current..TEST please Message-ID: <915.818270198@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Dec 1995 03:52:47 %2B1100." <199512061652.DAA27738@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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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.
type isn't an endangered species I think...
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