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| From | Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: g++ and linking |
| Date | 2022-02-01 07:17 -0800 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <86wnielipg.fsf@linuxsc.com> (permalink) |
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Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> writes:
[...]
> The early versions of the standard, while not limiting identifier
> length, does limit the 'significant' length for external identifiers,
> allowing the implementation to truncate the name of the symbol in the
> output to the linker.
>
> In C99, 6.4.2.1p5 makes that length Implementation Defined. I would
> have to search to see if somewhere there is a guarantee of a minimum
> value for this length
Section 5.2.4.1 paragraph 1 says
63 significant initial characters in an internal identifier
or a macro name
31 significant initial characters in an external identifier
By the way I think you mean requirement rather than guarantee.
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Re: g++ and linking Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-02-01 07:17 -0800
Re: g++ and linking "james...@alumni.caltech.edu" <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2022-02-01 08:19 -0800
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