From:	Vic <tudor AT cam DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: Dumb questions to you but important to me
Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 1997 18:35:02 -0400
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Arthur Bredrick wrote:
 
> Another question not DJGPP specific:  Why do extra underscores precede
> identifiers when interfacing between assembly and c?  For example, the
> assembly function _keyboard_init would be c-callable as just keyboard_init,
> without the extra underscore.  Thanks for any help.
this is not DJGPP specific. This is the rule for accessing C variables
and functions from assembly and vice-versa. The variable booga in C will
be _booga in ASM. 
> Art

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