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Re: can linker symbols be defined in C?

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Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> wrote:

(snip)

> In fact the C standard does describe linking, though it doesn't refer to
> a "linker" as the tool that does it.
 
> N1570 5.1.1.2 describes linking as the 8th and final translation phase:
 
>    All external object and function references are resolved. Library
>    components are linked to satisfy external references to functions
>    and objects not defined in the current translation. All such
>    translator output is collected into a program image which
>    contains information needed for execution in its execution
>    environment.
 
> But you're correct that the C standard doesn't provide a way to define
> linker symbols.

The Linkers I am used to also don't describe "linker symbols" but
instead "external symbols". 

(I suppose linker symbols could be names for the symbols inside
the linker, that is, in the linker source program. Most often,
one can ignore them.)

C does provide ways to generate external symbols.

-- glen

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can linker symbols be defined in C? Ralph Doncaster <ralphdoncaster@gmail.com> - 2014-04-28 13:53 -0700
  Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-04-28 17:15 -0400
  Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? Andrew Smallshaw <andrews@sdf.lonestar.org> - 2014-04-28 21:17 +0000
    Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-04-28 14:53 -0700
      Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-04-28 23:28 +0000
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    Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? Ralph Doncaster <ralphdoncaster@gmail.com> - 2014-04-28 20:15 -0700
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