Re: [Patch] add support for alpha/vms archives

["h.becker" <becker dot ismaning at freenet dot de>]

Douglas B Rupp wrote:
> Tristan Gingold wrote:
>
> > > > > Also, although not often used, an object file can contain more than 
> > > > > one object module.
> > > > Interesting.  How can such an object file be built ?
> > > I know that DEC Fortran did this, I know you can just concatenate 
> > > object  files with the append command.
> >
> > Ah ok.  I think we won't support this now...
>
> A multiple module object file inserted into an archive doesn't remain so 
> does it?

The members in the VMS object library are modules, not files. Multiple 
modules in one file end up as multiple members in the library. A file 
with multiple modules differs from a library in that you need to read 
the symbol table from each module where the library has an additional 
symbol table for all modules.

Hartmut