Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 14:45:15 -0800 (PST)
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To: "S. M. Halloran" <mitch AT duzen DOT com DOT tr>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: Strip.exe
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At 02:39  1/20/1998 +0200, S. M. Halloran wrote:
>Now the question for developers of gcc is, what is the object file 
>format of code that includes symbol references?  How are external 
>references (global variables, functions), static variables (both in 
>file and block scope), and automatic variables (locals) organized for 
>use by the debugger?
The format is called `COFF', and I believe is fairly standard. The GNU
binutils include a BFD descriptor for it which might help, and I think there
is an official standard somewhere as well.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net