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From: venkat@matrix.UUCP (D Venkatrangan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer,alt.msdos.programmer
Subject: __acrtused
Keywords: C Runtime, C compiler
Message-ID: <139@matrix.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jun 90 09:46:18 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Matrix Computer Systems, Nashua, NH
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The assembly listing from a MS-C compiler shows a 'EXTRN __acrtused ABS' entry.
If these objects are linked in without the crt0.obj from the library, this
symbol ends up being undefined.

What specific role does the __acrtused variable perform during linking/loading
and during program execution.  If I choose to define this public, what should
it be initialized to?

thanks
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