[patch] to gcc: use xexit/xatexit in fixinc

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Dec 27, 2000, Bruce Korb <bkorb@cruzio.com> wrote:

> So, now I wonder no more :-).  Of course, a super-global destructor
> could invoke individual destructors, but that would be another
> discussion...

Nope.  The C++ standard requires the destruction of static objects
local to functions to be interleaved with other destructors registered
with atexit(), in the reverse order of registration.  Which means a
portable C++ program can't have 32 or more static local objects.

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