From: jazz@softway.com (Jason Zions) Subject: Re: Where are Reg* implemented? 1 Aug 1997 18:28:25 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <33E27A57.1D12.cygnus.gnu-win32@softway.com> References: Reply-To: jazz@softway.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) Original-To: Ku Wei Original-CC: gnu-win32@cygnus.com, Justin Hopkins Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com > Good point Jason about the ld man page. However, we are discuessing gcc > or g++, not ld. A difference that makes no difference; see below. > It is clear that we need to put the main() entry ( in one of the .c or > .cxx files) as the first of the source file list ( including .o and .c). > However, the libraries are not 'source files' to g++. Instead, they are > assigned as 'options' by '-l'. Therefore, it is really the compiler's > responsibility to add these options to correct position in parameter list > passed to 'ld' later. And how on earth is gcc supposed to guess at this? There are times when what *must* be passed to the loader is this: file1.o file2.o -lmylib file3.o file4.0 -lotherlib If gcc can't preserve this ordering, it's fundamentally broken. Jason P.S. I'd address you informally, as you did me, but I admit to being stumped as to whether I should call you Ku, Wei, or both (and in which order - I've seen your address come with your name in both orders... :-). - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".