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| <h3 class="section">2.8 Alternate Entry Points</h3> |
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| <p><a name="index-N_005fENTRY-23"></a><a name="index-C_005fENTRY-24"></a>Some languages, like Fortran, have the ability to enter procedures at |
| some place other than the beginning. One can declare an alternate entry |
| point. The <code>N_ENTRY</code> stab is for this; however, the Sun FORTRAN |
| compiler doesn't use it. According to AIX documentation, only the name |
| of a <code>C_ENTRY</code> stab is significant; the address of the alternate |
| entry point comes from the corresponding external symbol. A previous |
| revision of this document said that the value of an <code>N_ENTRY</code> stab |
| was the address of the alternate entry point, but I don't know the |
| source for that information. |
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