From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 13:27:17 -0400
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Subject: Re: gcc 3.0 released
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> Then please explain how come we now need to change it because of a new 
> version of GCC.

Because the gcc 3.0 port has been configured to take advantage of advanced 
features. For example, link-once sections reduce code bloat from using C++ 
templates. But the linker script has to be changed so the linker knows where 
to put these sections (either in .text, .data, etc.) after the duplicates 
have been discarded.

Another example is the -finit-priority feature in gcc 2.95 and above. It 
allows control over the order in which static C++ file scope objects are 
constructed and destructed. gcc outputs info into .ctors.xxxxx and 
.dtors.xxxxx sections (where xxxxx is a number based on the priority). The 
linker script much be changed to sort these .[cd]tors.* sections and place 
them so they get called in the right order.

Mark