From: apsh AT ecr DOT mu DOT oz DOT au (Alistair_P SHILTON)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: self-mod code and DJGPP - writable code segment?
Date: 14 Mar 2000 02:13:37 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, The University of Melbourne
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I was wondering if it is possible to link self-modifying assembler
code to DJGPP.  When I try, I get an error message.  So I checked
the documentation, which says that the code segment is not writable.
Is there some way around this?

I was planning to use the self-mod to make the code act differently
after the first call to it (ie. setup on first call, normal operation
on subsequent calls).  Now I know that there are other ways of achieving
the same end, but I like the concept of self-modding code.  Any
suggestions?


Thanks



Alistair