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Re: why the difference of two global pointers is not a constant?

From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
To: Rafael EspÃndol a <rafael dot espindola at gmail dot com>
Cc: "GCC Mailing List" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: 25 Jul 2006 09:11:16 -0700
Subject: Re: why the difference of two global pointers is not a constant?
References: <564d96fb0607241330l6403bdf5h9bcd64630ab6a5fe@mail.gmail.com> <m3y7ui1u9j.fsf@zeus.integrable-solutions.net> <564d96fb0607250500j759acf18h991104d02a425c4c@mail.gmail.com>

"Rafael EspÃndola" <rafael.espindola@gmail.com> writes:

> The reason why I want to do this is to avoid relocations when a dso is
> loaded.

Use prelinking.  That works for all relocation types, and doesn't
require additional coding.

Ian

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