> * Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-12-31 15:46:50 -0800]:
>
> Sam Steingold wrote:
>
>> Is it possible?
>>
>> simply put, it it possible to write something like this:
>>
>> int main () {
>> size_t my_length;
>> <some magic>
>> printf("exe size=%lld\n",my_length);
>> return 0;
>> }
>
> All the methods mentioned so far are essentially hacks working against
> the linker, doing stuff behind its back. Why not go with the flow?
> Put your data in its own section, and write a linker script to handle
> that section in the desired way. You can access the address by
> referencing the linker script variables in your source code. See
> section 3 of the ld manual, particularly 3.5.3. This should work on
> any platform that uses ld.
the problems with this is that the "data" that is being appended is not
known at link time and appending it may not require C tools (ld/gcc &c).
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