From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Still a few questions about relocating COFF symbols (dynamic loading)
Date: 24 Jul 2002 08:34:15 GMT
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Chris Giese <NoEmailAds AT execpc DOT com> wrote:
> dshnv AT www DOT com (dshnv) wrote:

> {some code}

>>int global_bss;

> If you use GNU C, non-initialized non-static non-extern globals are
> actually "common" variables. The linker allocates space for these,
> not the compiler.

> Turbo C, Microsoft C, etc. don't support common variables.

I'm almost sure they do.  This extension is very common, really.  It
may sail under a different name, though.


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