Re: Toy code for currency handling

From	Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Toy code for currency handling
Date	2018-01-27 09:43 +1300
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On 01/27/2018 12:31 AM, bartc wrote:
> On 26/01/2018 07:00, Ian Collins wrote:
>> On 01/26/2018 11:08 AM, bartc wrote:
>>> On 25/01/2018 18:30, Ian Collins wrote:
>>>> On 01/26/2018 07:16 AM, bartc wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Which is just abuse of the use of a 'name'. As I went to hint at in my
>>>>> post.
>>>>
>>>> Why?
>>>
>>> If you were creating a data structure within program to the store the
>>> name, return type and parameter types of a function, would you choose to
>>> represent all that within one string?
>>
>> That's irrelevant.  Linkers read strings.
> 
> They read object files and shared library files which are binary formats.

The symbols are text.

>> Assemblers use strings as
>> labels.
> 
> Which are names. Not a medium to store arbitrary data because no one has
> thought of adding extra facilities to the linker.

So what would you use which is unique, can easily be converted (by eye 
for most cases) to the original name and is human readable for these names?

>>>> The linker is a separate tool.
>>>
>>> And? A linker is just a small utility. At any rate it is considerably
>>> simpler than a compiler. Compiler systems usually come with a linker.
>>
>> Nope, that's where your argument falls down.
> 
> But what does it matter? This mentality is staggering.
> 
> A compiler can be a 100MB monster. A linker can be a 50KB utility,
> almost nothing because it's job is almost nothing.
> 
> And because the linker is sourced separately from a compiler, it is
> IMPOSSIBLE to ever upgrade the specifications of a linker to match new
> developments in languages and compilers?

How is what you are suggesting an upgrade?

Mangled names are unique, can easily be converted to the original name 
and are human readable.  They meet the requirement for a symbol name.

-- 
Ian.

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