Re: [AD] proposed patch for nicer asm symbols exports

[Peter Wang <tjaden@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sam Hocevar wrote:

>   This simple patch makes the linker's life easier when dealing with
> functions defined in .s files, by setting their type. It also lets
> these functions be put in a shared library instead of alleg_unsharable.
> (and in case you wonder, yes, my goal in life is to get totally rid of
> alleg_unsharable).
>  

As good a goal as any :-)

Can you explain this a bit more deeply, or point to a document 
somewhere?  I don't understand assembly at all, and I never understood 
why liballeg_unsharable existed in the first place (maybe something to 
do with calling conventions or addressing modes?).  It's one of those 
mysteries that would be great to have up on the wiki.

Peter