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From: jnh@ecemwl.ncsu.edu (Joseph N. Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MacsBug symbols
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Date: 19 Oct 89 13:06:27 GMT
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In article <89290.151624CXT105@PSUVM.BITNET> CXT105@PSUVM.BITNET (Christopher Tate) writes:
>I've noticed a lot of variation in the MacsBug symbol formats generated by
>various compilers.  THINK C, the only one I use personally, generates finite-
>length (I think it's 6 or 8 characters), all-caps symbols.  Recently I found
>a program with quite long (>15 character) mixed case symbols.
>
There are several "MacsBug" formats.  THINK C uses the "old" version,
which isn't such a bad idea since TMON doesn't grok the new-and-improved
longer symbols, not yet, anyway.  Maybe some day it will, and run on
the IIci too ...

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