[fpc-devel] Maximum symbol length -- answer needed

Jonas Maebe jonas at freepascal.org
Sat Jun 23 11:24:38 CEST 2018


On 23/06/18 11:19, Sven Barth via fpc-devel wrote:
> But aren't there output formats that do have length restrictions for 
> symbol names? I take it that ELF and PE/COFF won't be problematic, but 
> what about those used for OS/2, DOS, etc.?

If needed somewhere, symbol names could be shortened in the respective 
assembler writers. They should be the exception rather than the rule.


Jonas



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