Why 6 bytes between pointe to functions in *Base

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From: Brian Moffet
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1989 17:59

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I noticed the other day that the distance between shared 
library functions is 6 bytes.  The is at an offset less than 
the base of the Shared Library pointer.  I would like to know,
why 6 bytes?  4 of these bytes should be the pointer itself,
but what are the other 2?  flags?

thanks much

brian moffet
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Subject: Why 6 bytes between pointe to functions in *Base
Keywords: Pointer and Flags???
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Date: 27 Mar 89 17:59:42 GMT
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