From:	MERC::"uunet!WKUVX1.BITNET!MacroMan"  9-OCT-1992 01:01:38.27
To:	MACRO32@WKUVX1.BITNET
CC:	
Subj:	Re: Shared images, some differences on ALPHA

In article <3026@mitech.com>, gjc@mitech.com (George J. Carrette) writes:
> By the way, LINK/SHARE works a bit differently on ALPHA. Indications I've
> gotten (e.g. months ago from OSF/MOTIF source codes) are that there is
> no longer any "globalref" or "globaldef" stuff, for example. e.g.
>
>      #if defined(VMS) && !define(ALPHA)
>      globaldef ...
>      #else
>      extern ...
>      #endif
>
> was seen.

That's odd -- I could'a sworn that globalREF's would become extern's.   To
actually define the space (equivalent of globaldef), you use an unadorned
declaration (no 'extern') outside all procedure bodies.  That's how I was told
to do it by one of the DEC Alpha folks in Atlanta...

        --- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
uucp 'g' protocol guru and release coordinator, VMSnet (DECUS uucp) W.G., and
Chair, VMS Programming and Internals Working Group, U.S. DECUS VAX Systems SIG
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