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Re: is main() provided by a library valid C ?

From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
To: "Peter S. Mazinger" <ps dot m at gmx dot net>
Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 16:33:22 +0930
Subject: Re: is main() provided by a library valid C ?
References: <BCEFJBPJCGFCNMMMIDBHIEMBCLAA.Joakim.Tjernlund@lumentis.se> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0505200758550.23119-100000@lnx.bridge.intra>

On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 08:38:47AM +0200, Peter S. Mazinger wrote:
> Is it allowed (as of linking) that the function main() been provided by a 
> shared or static library instead of an object (*.o) ?

The linker doesn't care.  main in a static library will definitely work.
main in a shared lib will probably require a special startup file,
ie. the code that runs from _start to main.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

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