Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 08:36:31 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Troy D. Van Horn" <trvanhor AT UCollege DOT edu>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, trvanhor AT SNOOPY DOT UCollege DOT edu
Subject: Re: V2.01 AS.EXE (2.7) puts local labels in obj. file
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On Sun, 20 Oct 1996, Troy D. Van Horn wrote:

>      I noticed, though, when I recompiled a small library I have,
> the object file grew about 3000 bytes from 5800 to 9000 bytes long.
> Looking in the file with a file viewer, and using objdump.exe, I
> discovered that all the Lxxx symbols the compiler produces in the
> assembly code are retained in the object after assembly.

Do these symbols remain in the stripped executable?  If they don't, maybe 
this was just meant to assist in debugging?

>      Is there anything that can be done to change this? I suppose
> I could try to use as.exe from V2.0 instead.

I don't recommend this.  See my message about possible problems in mixing
v2.01 programs (gcc) with v2.0 subprograms (gas) for more details.