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From: jr@bbn.com (John Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Portability problem with gnu-emacs
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Date: 15 Sep 88 15:55:20 GMT
References: <441@myab.se>
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In-reply-to: lars@myab.se (Lars Pensj|)

In article <441@myab.se>, lars@myab (Lars Pensj|) writes an excellent idea:
>This proposal has probably been mentioned before, but I have not seen it.
>...
>Let temacs write the compiled lisp code into a file 'code.c' in the following
>format:
>
>char lisp_code[] = {
>23, 45, 76, 93, -34, 45,
>...
>};
>... etc.
>Some compilers even have a flag to put data in text area, which is
>just what is wanted now.

But the problem may be that not all compilers support this.  Of course
if GCC does, we should all adopt it instantly!  Also, signed chars
(they appear in your example) may be a problem.  But I merely quibble;
it's a great idea.  Needs elisp symbol-table hooking but not much more.
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