Extended Names

Extended Names Processing by the GATHER Statement

In addition to normal GATHER processing, COOL inspects extended names when it gathers external symbols under the direction of the GATHER control statement. If COOL encounters a name that matches a GATHER prefix exactly, including case, COOL gathers the external symbol for the extended name.

For example, suppose an input object file contains the extended name Step_Into , which has an associated external symbol @@024561 , and the following GATHER statement is used:

GATHER Step

When COOL processes the object file, @@024561 will be gathered because the prefix of Step_Into exactly matches Step . The external symbol associated with a function named stepOver would not be gathered because the function name does not begin with the exact prefix specified in the GATHER statement.

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