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From: bright@Data-IO.COM (Walter Bright)
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Subject: Re: __acrtused
Keywords: C Runtime, C compiler
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Date: 4 Jun 90 18:48:19 GMT
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In article <139@matrix.UUCP> venkat@matrix.UUCP (D Venkatrangan) writes:
<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.

It causes the startup code to be pulled in from the library to satisfy
the reference.

<If I choose to define this public, what should
<it be initialized to?

It doesn't matter. But you'll have to supply your own startup code.