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Re: can linker symbols be defined in C?

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On 2014-04-28, Ralph Doncaster <ralphdoncaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to define linker symbols in C.  I can do it using gcc inline assembler:
> #define STR1(x) #x
> #define STR(x) STR1(x)
> ... more macros that calculate TXDELAYCOUNT
> asm(".global TXDELAY" );
> asm(".equ TXDELAY, " STR(TXDELAYCOUNT) );
>
>
> Is there a way to do the same thing in standard C11?

No.  The C standards don't even explicitly acknowledge the existence
of a linker (references to "compiliation units" are the nearest
you get), never mind providing a method of providing what are
inevitably platform-specific directions to it.

-- 
Andrew Smallshaw
andrews@sdf.lonestar.org

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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
    Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-04-28 18:01 -0400
  Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2014-04-29 00:26 +0200
    Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-28 19:39 -0400
    Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-29 11:45 +1200
    Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? Ralph Doncaster <ralphdoncaster@gmail.com> - 2014-04-28 20:15 -0700
      Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-29 04:11 +0000
        Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? Ralph Doncaster <ralphdoncaster@gmail.com> - 2014-04-29 16:29 -0700
      Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2014-04-29 08:33 +0200
  Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-04-28 16:54 -0700
    Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? Ralph Doncaster <ralphdoncaster@gmail.com> - 2014-04-28 20:01 -0700
  Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-29 00:20 +0000
    Re: can linker symbols be defined in C? Ralph Doncaster <ralphdoncaster@gmail.com> - 2014-04-28 19:57 -0700

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