Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/11/15/07:00:41
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From: | "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
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To: | <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: | RE: size of a function in memory
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Date: | Sun, 15 Nov 1998 11:53:39 -0000
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> > > Be aware that this is not portable. It depends fairly strongly on
> > > GCC's
> > > compiling conventions and may fail on other compilers, or even some
> > > future version of GCC. If it's for something like memory locking that
> > > isn't portable anyway, though, this probably isn't much of an issue.
> >
> > I can't imagine why anyone would need to know the size of a function
> > unless they were already planning on doing something extremely
> > nonportable.
>
> True, but this could also break with a new release of GCC, and you
> would hardly want your code be dependent on a compiler version.
Allegro uses the technique for memory locking which _is_ unportable - the
functions have to be removed from ports of XWinAllegro etc.
If the system breaks down with a new release of DJGPP, is there a more
portable method of doing this?
James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
ICQ#15054819
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