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Re: Why some symbols exported in .a but not .so
- To: glibc-linux at ricardo dot ecn dot wfu dot edu
- Subject: Re: Why some symbols exported in .a but not .so
- From: Kaz Kylheku <kaz at ashi dot footprints dot net>
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 10:59:45 -0800 (PST)
- Reply-To: glibc-linux at ricardo dot ecn dot wfu dot edu
On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Martin v. Loewis wrote:
> So _nl_find_locale is be reserved for file-scope and tag names, but
> not as a name of an external function.
An implementation can introduce such names into the translation unit even if no
header file is included. So it follows that the implementation can not only
use these names for external functions, but even cause them to be declared at
will.