Subject: Re: i386pe.x: etext and end?
From: [email-masked] (Fergus Henderson)

1 Oct 1998 04:29:54 -0700
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To: DJ Delorie <[email-masked]>
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On 29-Sep-1998, DJ Delorie <[email-masked]> wrote:
> end and etext are "special" so they don't have underscores
> to make sure they don't interfere with functions or variables
> your program may provide (ansi/posix compliance and all that).
> 
> However, you can access them using gcc extensions:
> 
> extern int end asm("end");
> 
> void *foo()
> {
>   return (void *)&end;
> }
> 
> However, since they're deprecated, there is *no* sanctioned
> way of getting at them.  You shouldn't be using them at all
> unless you absolutely can't avoid it.

Sure, "end" and "etext" are deprecated -- I assume this is
because it could cause name clashes on systems which don't
prefix ordinary C symbols with underscores.

But what about "__end__" and "__etext__"?
They're not deprecated, are they?

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