Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:53:11 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Thomas Nyberg <thomas DOT nyberg AT usa DOT net>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: What does __main do???
In-Reply-To:	<6rpug4$1hf$1@zingo.tninet.se>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.980825145145.7520N-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, Thomas Nyberg wrote:

> When you compile with asm-output ex. gcc -S test.c you there's a call to a
> function called ___main (or__main), my question is: what does it do?

It calls static constructors, which are constructors for static C++ 
objects, and any functions that were declared with 
__attribute__((constructor)).

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