According to Bernhard Tschirren:

Whew, this is not another bug report! :-0 Its a suggestion for a feature that I'd like in GPC.

:-)

Sometimes I have to link in 'C' (ugh) code with GPC. Usually this 'C' code has been compiled into a ".a" library. Is there any way I can tell GPC to automatically link this ".a" file with my program using automake? [...] Please tell me if Im setting my expectations of GPC a little too high :-)

Too late: It's already implemented in my current development GPC. (-:

(I see: It's really time for a new (beta) release (like promised), but before that I want to get rid of some really ugly bugs which only show up on a DEC Alpha. Since I don't have a DEC Alpha, it's not easy (and expensive)-; for me to hunt them.)

To invoke this, wait till I eventually release the next beta; then say

(*$L foo.o *)

This has the same effect as an additional `foo.o' on the command line and should work with `foo.a' as well.

In addition,

(*$L foo.c *)

has the same effect as (*$L foo.o *), except that - in combination with `--automake' - GPC tries to compile `foo.c' if `foo.o' does not exist or `foo.c' is younger than `foo.o'.

Okay, so let me go on with GPC ...

(* perhaps this weekend ... Daumen druecken! *)

Peter

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