Re: Relocatable functions in C?

From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Relocatable functions in C?
Date	2015-08-15 10:31 +0100
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:

> On Friday, August 14, 2015 at 5:58:09 PM UTC+1, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>> If I create a library function, is there a way to tell a C compiler
>> to make that function relocatable so that the binary code for its
>> func() { ... } block can be copied from one location to another in
>> memory, and even replicated at will?
>>
> Firstly, I recommend that you look at Tiny CC.
> It's a C compiler and interpreter. Running it in interpreter mode
> might well be the best answer.

TinyCC is not an interpreter, but it has a "script mode" -- meaning that
is has support for Unix's #! syntax.  But the scripts you write are just
C source files that get compiled.

But I agree that it's worth a look.  It's fast, free (both senses) and
light-weight.

<snip>
-- 
Ben.

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Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-14 09:57 -0700
  Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-14 10:13 -0700
    Re: Relocatable functions in C? Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2015-08-14 13:33 -0400
      Re: Relocatable functions in C? jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-08-14 19:51 +0200
        Re: Relocatable functions in C? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-14 16:12 -0500
      Re: Relocatable functions in C? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-08-15 16:17 +0200
  Re: Relocatable functions in C? Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-08-14 18:29 +0100
  Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-14 11:37 -0700
    Re: Relocatable functions in C? Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-08-14 19:43 +0100
      Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-14 11:46 -0700
        Re: Relocatable functions in C? Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-08-14 19:57 +0100
          Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-14 11:59 -0700
            Re: Relocatable functions in C? jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-08-14 20:27 +0000
          Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-14 12:01 -0700
    Re: Relocatable functions in C? Waldek Hebisch <hebisch@antispam.uni.wroc.pl> - 2015-08-25 22:36 +0000
      Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-26 05:55 -0700
  Re: Relocatable functions in C? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-08-14 12:57 -0700
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      Re: Relocatable functions in C? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-08-14 13:39 -0700
        Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-14 13:46 -0700
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  Re: Relocatable functions in C? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-08-14 23:11 -0700
    Re: Relocatable functions in C? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-08-15 10:31 +0100
  Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-15 11:56 -0700
    Re: Relocatable functions in C? jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-08-15 23:48 +0200
      Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-15 15:05 -0700
        Re: Relocatable functions in C? jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-08-16 00:12 +0200
          Re: Relocatable functions in C? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-08-16 16:09 +0200
      Re: Relocatable functions in C? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-16 10:47 +1200
        Re: Relocatable functions in C? jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-08-16 01:09 +0200
    Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-15 15:07 -0700
    Re: Relocatable functions in C? jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-08-15 22:09 +0000
      Re: Relocatable functions in C? jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-08-16 00:21 +0200
        Re: Relocatable functions in C? jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-08-15 23:44 +0000
          Re: Relocatable functions in C? jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-08-16 02:25 +0200
            Re: Relocatable functions in C? jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-08-16 02:34 +0200
            Re: Relocatable functions in C? jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-08-16 01:11 +0000
      Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-15 15:26 -0700
        Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-15 15:36 -0700
          Re: Relocatable functions in C? jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-08-15 23:29 +0000
            Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-15 16:34 -0700
  Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-15 17:03 -0700
    Re: Relocatable functions in C? jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-08-16 02:32 +0200
      Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-15 18:25 -0700
    Re: Relocatable functions in C? jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-08-16 01:26 +0000
      Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-15 18:38 -0700
      Re: Relocatable functions in C? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-15 18:49 -0700
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