Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 03:52:47 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: phk@critter.tfs.com, terry@lambert.org Cc: current@freebsd.org, imb@scgt.oz.au, julian@ref.tfs.com Subject: Re: changes in -current..TEST please Message-ID: <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.
Bruce
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