Re: question about linker

On Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:30:08 -0800
Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:

Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:

Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes: 

If someone wanted to ensure that all static functions defined in a
translation unit are declared near the top, there could be a
separate tool to generate, or at least check, the declarations.
I'm not aware of any such tool, which suggests there probably
isn't much demand for it. 

>
What it suggests to me is that there are tools being used that
you aren't aware of. 

 
What that suggests to me is that you feel the need to snipe without
sharing any actual information.
 
Of course there are tools that I'm not aware of.  I would have
thought that would be too obvious to bother stating.
 
Are you aware of any such tools?  If so, do you have some reason
for concealing information about them?  If not, what is the basis
for your assumption that such tools exist?
 

I can't say that it took me 5 seconds of binging, because it took more.
But it took less than 10 minutes.
https://invisible-island.net/cproto/cproto.html
'cptoto -S' + a little of makefile magic will do the job.
Plus or minus bugs.