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Re: ln -r and cherry picking.
> I think that one of the goals here is to not make that too dependent on elf.
> For instance, we are in the process of getting rid of all of the dwarf.
> After maddox does that, our only dependence on elf will be as a container
> to hold all of the sections.
> Given that gcc is not always an elf compiler, it really is a lot easier to
> invent your own wheel for something like this rather that using elf's wheel
> for the first target and then having to figure out how make someone else
> wheel fit the for the rest of the targets.
This is basic functionality that *every* object file format supports.
I don't think using a symbol and a relocation is going to tie you down
to ELF -- no more so than the idea of using sections to store your
data in.
I also think it's simpler and more deterministic than using a hash.
-cary