Re: Accessing section attributes from assembly (or C)

[msokolov at ivan dot Harhan dot ORG (Michael Sokolov)]

Christopher Bahns <chris@bahns.com> wrote:

> "            DC.L  (tables1_size + tables2_size)\n"

Sorry, the UNIX model of an object module, which the GNU toolchain follows just
like any other UNIX toolchain, does not allow referencing things like the sum
of two external symbols.

> It seems that MRI can do this, but GNU
> (as far as I know) cannot.

It isn't GNU that invented this limitation, it's the UNIX way of doing things,
of which GNU is just one implementation.

As you are making comparisons with something called "MRI", you may want to
explain what it is you are making comparisons with. To me MRI doesn't mean
anything other than Magnetic Resonance Imaging. It seems like you are talking
about some other compiler/assembler/linker toolchain. What sort of toolchain is
it? Is it used by some proprietary version of UNIX, or is it a specialized
embedded cross-toolchain, or what?

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