>>> "Jim" == Jim Schram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
Jim> The library name *must* be at the *end* of the dispatch
Jim> table. It's a shared library requirement.
[...]
Ok, thanks for the statement. Now, as I said, it does really
matter to me where I put the library name, but I'm curious
(sorry, I'll hate me): why is this *required*? One reason I can
think of is that it allows to compute the size of the dispatch
table (and then copy or bound checking?).
Also I'd like to know what you call the *end* of the dispatch
table; unlike the sample I have sent (where the offset point
directly to the function), most of the syslib dispatch table
I've seen on the net looks like this:
.even
jumptable:
dc.w name - jumptable
dc.w indir1
dc.w indir2
dc.w indir3
...
indir1: jmp FooOpen
indir2: jmp FooClose
...
name: .asciiz "foobarlib"
But IIRC those extra jumps are just workarounds to something in
CW; they don't really belong to the jumptable. So name
would better be placed before them
.even
jumptable:
dc.w name - jumptable
dc.w indir1
dc.w indir2
dc.w indir3
...
name: .asciiz "foobarlib"
indir1: jmp FooOpen
indir2: jmp FooClose
...
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz
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