alphaev6-dec-osf4.0f bootstrap failing due to constructor encoding

[Richard Henderson]

On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 06:44:50PM -0400, John Wehle wrote:
> How can a file compiled as part of bootstrapping (i.e. crtfastmath)
> pass compare if random characters are in it's name?

It can't.

> Why are they appended to the name of a constructor and how random
> do the characters need to be?

We need a unique symbol name.  How can we acquire one?  If there
is a global symbol, then that symbol name must be unique, so we
can generate one based on that.  Otherwise...


r~