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Subject: Re: [MiNT] Incorporating other calls into the
From: "Guido Flohr" <gufl0000@stud.uni-sb.de>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:51:39 +0200
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On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 12:34:38PM +0200, Julian Reschke wrote:
> > P.S.: Please make sure that in the object files you use both short symbol
> > names and long ones.  Is there any limit in the length of a symbol name?
> 
> The original format is restricted to 8 characters. Refer to the manual page
> of my nm utility (http://www.muenster.de/~reschke/soft_e.html#progtool) for
> some explanations about extended formats...

I think I know the format ... ;-)
It's probably best to provide a run-time-switch so that you can decide
whether you want short or long names (and maybe auto-convert long symbol
names to allow for a positive identification).

Ciao

Guido
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