MSC Danger (was Re: Turbo C vs Quick C)

[Patrick McCarthy]

In article 7731 of comp.lang.c knop at dutesta.UUCP (Peter Knoppers) writes:

> Why, oh why don't the .obj files in MSDOS contain some bits telling
> the linker whether a function in the .obj file expects to be called
> with a FAR or a NEAR call. This can prevent accidentally linking
> modules compiled for different models.

Fortunately, most of the time this will result in fixup overflow errors
at link time. Using make is an excellent way to avoid this problem
altogether (though many consider it a major pain for single module
programs).

Pat McCarthy
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