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Re: static lib drops objects with side-effects
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 11:41:54AM +1030, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 05:03:04PM +0100, Wesley W. Terpstra wrote:
> > This is a bug.
>
> No it isn't. Objects are extracted from archives during linking only
> if the object contains a symbol satisfying an undefined symbol
> reference. If this behaviour is incompatible with your C++ model then
> don't use archives.
Every time this "bug" comes up, I wonder - why not have a feature which
says "always include an object that contains .ctors/.dtors"?
Yes, I can think of situations where you wouldn't want this. I can
also see where it might be useful.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer