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Re: static lib drops objects with side-effects

From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
To: "Wesley W. Terpstra" <wesley at terpstra dot ca>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:29:46 +1030
Subject: Re: static lib drops objects with side-effects
References: <20030210160304.GA12232@terpstra.ca> <20030211011154.GU23622@bubble.sa.bigpond.net.au> <20030211014821.GA15731@nevyn.them.org>

On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 08:48:21PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> Every time this "bug" comes up, I wonder - why not have a feature which
> says "always include an object that contains .ctors/.dtors"?
> 
> Yes, I can think of situations where you wouldn't want this.  I can
> also see where it might be useful.

Always extracting an object with a special magic symbol would be
workable.  You wouldn't want to trigger on section name as that
would involve a lot more work than just looking at the archive map.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

References:
- static lib drops objects with side-effects
  - From: Wesley W. Terpstra
- Re: static lib drops objects with side-effects
  - From: Alan Modra
- Re: static lib drops objects with side-effects
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz

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