Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 16:16:36 +1100
From: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: custom entry/exit code
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On 27 Jul 97 at 19:51, Darren Grant wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> How do I link my own extra entry/exit code into a c project?
> 

The easiest way is to use gcc's constructor and destructor 
attributes. ie:

static void __attribute__((constructor)) entry_function(void)
{
	/*do init stuff */
}

static void __attribute__((destructor)) exit_function(void)
{
	/* do uninit stuff */
}

These functions will be called before main and after exit, 
respectively (exit is called with main's return value).

If you have several object files with constructor/destructor 
functions, the order they are called in is determined by the link 
order.  I don't know whether destructors are called in forward or 
reverse order, but the constructors are called in same order that the 
object files are specified on the linker command line.

Bill
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