Re: Help Needed: How to overwrite library functions.

["Kayvan A. Sylvan" <kayvan at sylvan dot com>]

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 01:56:38PM -0600, Mynampati, Venkata S. wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 10:38:52AM -0600, Mynampati, Venkata S. wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I have this issue where i have an archive, whose member
> > > "1.o" contains functions named A(), B(), C().
> > > Now, i want to write a module, in which i want to use A() , BUT
> > > overwrite B() and C() and YET link both "1.o" and my own module
> > > together with rest of the system.
> > > 
> > > i.e
> > > 1.o contains A(), B() and C()
> > > say 2.o contains my_A(), B(), C(), where
> > >  my_A()
> > >  {
> > >     /*do something*/;
> > >     A();			=> linked from 1.o
> > >  }
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your time and help.
> > > Regards,
> > > Venkat
> > > Worry about chances you miss when you don't even try.
> > >   
> > 
> > This is probably a job for the preprocessor.
> > 
> > #define B my_replacement_B
> > #define C my_replacement_C
> > 
> > Then code up my_replacement_B() and my_replacement_C() with the same
> > API as B() and C()
> > 
> Nope, my file's fucntion names are in conflict with a library (*.a)
> and it spews out error while linking.

I don't see how. Can you send a short example file?

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