-DELete


This option deletes an external symbol name or a library module.

[Specification format]

-DELete={[file](symbol[,symbol]...)|module}[,{[file](symbol[,symbol]...)|module}]...

 

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Interpretation when omitted

None

[Detailed description]

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This option deletes external symbol name symbol or library module module.

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Symbol names or modules in specific file file can be deleted.

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When a C variable name or C function name is specified, add "_" at the head of the definition name in the program.

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If there are two or more files with the same name, the priority depends on the input order.

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When a symbol is deleted using this option, the object is not deleted but the attribute is changed to the internal symbol.

[Example of use]

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To delete symbol name "_sym1" in all the files, describe as:

>rlink a.obj -delete=(_sym1)

 

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To delete symbol name "_sym2" in b.obj, describe as:

>rlink a.obj b.obj -delete=b.obj(_sym2)

[Remark]

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If this option is specified together with the -extract option or -strip option, this option will be invalid.

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When the -form=library option is specified, library modules can be deleted.

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When the -form={absolute|relocate|hexadecimal|stype|binary} option is specified, external symbols can be deleted.

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Operation is not guaranteed if this option is used in combination with compile option -Omerge_files.