Re: Modifiers (revisited)

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>  Date: Fri, 17 May 96 08:15:43 EDT
>  From: Mike Griebling <grieblm@trt.allied.com>
>  
>  I have another question about the correct use of modifiers.
>  
>  Assuming we have an interface module to an external C object file.
>  Are the procedures names in this interface module translated to
>  "module_procedure" as the description in your modifier document seems
>  to suggest?  If this is so, how are global C identifiers such as
>  "malloc", etc. defined?

I assume you are refering to the file `ExternalC' I posted some days
ago.  The default name mangling depends on the module type.  

An INTERFACE module will use the names of variables and procedures as
given, i.e. a procedure called `foo' in the module will translate to
`foo' in the generated C code.

For a FOREIGN module M, the default is to change the name of the
procedure to `M_foo'.

In both modules it's possible to explicitly set a link name that
overrides the defaults.  A procedure declaration 
  PROCEDURE ["bar"] foo (...);
will be called as `bar'.

-- mva