[fpc-pascal] Nano-x

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, Marco van de Voort wrote:

>> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, Marco van de Voort wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> You need to link to the C library as well.
>>>>
>>>> So, add
>>>>
>>>> {$linklib c}
>>>
>>> _Never_ add linklib c or linklib gcc directly, always work via unit initc.
>>> That's what it is for.
>>
>> I thought the compiler did this automatically when it detects a link to
>> the C library ?
>
> Not that I know. It mostly is useful so that you don't have to change
> seventy headers if the name of libc changes on some platform, to potentially
> polish away issues with dependancies on certain sublibraries
> (libdl,libgettext,libgcc), and to encapsulate libc errno access.
>
> There shouldn't be a {$linklib C or linklib gcc in any unit. _always_ via
> unit initc.

If you really believe that:
I suggest you start working on the sources in SVN then, because there are 
_a lot_ of them.

But I don't think that it should be done like that...

Michael.