"Boris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> [This topic has strayed too far from g++. >> Perhaps you should take it to *advocacy* group.] > > Which group do you mean?
comp.os.linux.advocacy - Benefits of Linux compared to other operating systems. You can tell them how you think Linux 'ld' has the wrong behaviour, and start a flame war there. >> You know that you don't want these symbols to be exported, but the >> linker can't "read your mind", and doesn't. > > I tried to explain that the linker can know as it simply needs to check > for --whole-archive being present or not. I perfectly understand what you are trying to say, but you refuse to understand what I am trying to explain: while the behaviour you desire may appear "obvious and correct" to you, it is by no means "obvious and correct" to me, nor to people who wrote 'ld'. > If I don't use --whole-archive it > obviously means I only want code to be linked in *my* object files require. No, that is not at all obvious. It could well mean the exact opposite. > If the code is only required by *my* object files why are the symbols then > exported? Because *everything* is exported, unless you override that behaviour with explicit version script. Cheers, -- In order to understand recursion you must first understand recursion. Remove /-nsp/ for email. _______________________________________________ help-gplusplus mailing list help-gplusplus@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus
