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Subject:	Re: attaching source code to the ececutable
Date:	5 Feb 2004 14:06:11 GMT
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Sterten <sterten AT aol DOT com> wrote:

> I usually attach my source code to the executable (type xxx.c >> xxx.exe)
> but haven't seen thisdone  by others. Why not ? 

Because it's a rather pointless exercise.  Not to mention that the
majority of serious C programs are built from quite a lot more than a
single source file, so this technique would fail anyway.  And then
there's programs that use pasting of data after the end of the .exe
file for storing *other* data (e.g. Allegro inlines .dat files).

> Are there disadvantages ?

There are, more to the point, no advantages.

> Shouldn't it be supported by the compiler and maybe even be the default ?

Definitely not.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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