Malcolm Cohen wrote:
>
> Peter Bismuti said:
<snip>
> > In any case, it seems like a useless restriction, who
> > cares how long a subroutine name is?
>
> The compiler.
> The assembler.
> The linker.
> The library builder.
> The operating system.
> The debugger.
> The profiler.
> The Integrated Development Environment.
>
> Any or all of the above may deeply care about the lengths of various names.
C++ has unlimited name length and does not seem to have a problem
with any of these.
> Plus the maximum length may well be fixed in:
>
> - the object file format
> - the executable file format
> - the dictionary file format
> - the module file or database format
Nor these either.
See my response to John Bray. If it has not yet reached you
(Malcolm) I would be glad to forward a copy.
-------- Cray Research --------- Roger Glover
-- A Silicon Graphics Company -- http://home.cray.com/~glover
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