Re: Strange prelink phenomenon

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From: Steve Smith
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:59

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Well, that's not quite correct either. I don't know about the pre-linker,
except I thought it was long since obsolete. But a linked-in subroutine is
called by whatever external symbol is used by the caller. The END statement
is indeed used to nominate the load module entry point, and has no effect on
callers that are linked with the subroutine.

This is well-known to PL/I programmers a very annoying gotcha.

sas

On 9/30/05, Steve Comstock <steve@trainersfriend.com> wrote:
>
>
> That doesn't make sense.
>
> Putting the CSECT name in the END statement
> is simply a way of identifying where the
> entry point of this program should be. So
> when the subroutine is called, that is
> where execution of the subroutine begins.
>
> Does not influence generation of a CEESTART
> by the Assembler or binder or prelinker,
> as far as I know.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> -Steve Comstock
>

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Subject: Re: Strange prelink phenomenon
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