archiving block data subroutines...

[Dik T. Winter]

In article <1990Oct22.130143.29775 at cs.dal.ca> bill%biomel at cs.dal.ca writes:
 >                                 One sure fix is to combine the block
 > data unit with a subroutine in one file, since the entire file with
 > both units will then get loaded if the subroutine is called.

Probably sure within this context (Unix systems).  Certainly not sure in
general.  I know of at least one (non Unix) system where this will fail.
In short: there is no solution that will work everywhere, except explicitly
loading the block data subprogram.
--
dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
dik at cwi.nl