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From: mikem@otc.oz (Mike Mowbray)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: cross-compilation
Message-ID: <468@otc.oz>
Date: 24 Oct 88 10:25:22 GMT
References: <5180@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Organization: OTC Development Unit, Australia
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In article <5180@saturn.ucsc.edu>, skinner@saturn.ucsc.edu (Robert Skinner) says:

 > I am trying to cross-compile C++ on a CRAY, [...]
 > This leaves me with the following routines undefined:
 > 	_main 	_new  	_delete

 > What does _main() do besides construct all static objects?  If I avoid
 > using static objects, can I insert a dummy _main() and get away with
 > it?

This function of _main is quite important. If you don't do it properly, static
ctors and dtors won't get called, which means that your cout calls will dump
core, among other things. This will indeed blow you out of the water in most
cases.

You need to do the same post-linking that CC normally does (with the aid of
munch). To do this I think you really need source for the translator.

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