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- From: dwight@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu (Dwight D. Moore)
- Subject: Re: problem with DECC under ALPHA/VMS
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:28:11 GMT
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- In article <6585@npri6.npri.com>, murphy@npri6.npri.com (David P. Murphy) writes:
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- |>The C compiler for ALPHA AXP, called DECC, does not provide the linker
- |>with the correct information for cross-referencing purposes: if a function
- |>is only called by other functions within the same module as the callee,
- |>then the linker reports _no_ modules reference that function. ugh.
- |>DSN acknowledges that this is not my imagination, but they are still
- |>trying to decide if this is a "bug" or a "feature".
- |>
- |>i'm not making any of this up, you know.
- |>
- |>murphy@npri6.npri.com 602 Cameron St. Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 683-9090
- |>
- |> When every one is dead the Great Game is finished. Not before.
- |> --- Hurree Babu, "Kim"
- |>
- I haven't had this problem. When I have a function that is only referenced within
- the same module, I declare it "static" and make a prototype at the top. If this is
- your case, try that and see it the message still persists.
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- Dwight D. Moore
- Geosciences Computing Network
- University of Oklahoma
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