includes and binary code

Michael A. Peters mpeters at mac.com
Fri Dec 17 19:00:02 UTC 2004


On 12/17/2004 10:24:53 AM, soraberri wrote:
> I think my problem is a concept failure:
> When I include in my programs a #include <afile.h> I am telling the  
> compiler to look for afile.h and paste the code in my program. So far  
> so good. But the header file usually only holds definitions and not  
> the implementation of the functions, so what I don't understand is  
> how can the system (compiler) know where and how to find the library  
> or the piece of binary code that actually implements the functions  
> defined in the afile.h

The linker





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