"H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes: > S_IS_EXTERN just calls S_IS_EXTERNAL. Why does gas need it? It doesn't. In the non BFD_ASSEMBLER case, in obj-coff.h, S_IS_EXTERN and S_IS_EXTERNAL are not identical. Specifically, S_IS_EXTERNAL will return true for a common symbol, and S_IS_EXTERN will not. This is almost certainly a bug. Ian