[Bug ld/6430] --sort-common Not Implemented Per Documentation

[nickc at redhat dot com]

------- Additional Comments From nickc at redhat dot com  2008-04-22 14:45 
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Subject: Re:  --sort-common Not Implemented Per Documentation

Hi Guys,

> You are correct in that this way a gap would be avoided when the size 
> changes. 
> But given that all like-sized symbols are laid out back to back, this only
> happens when the size changes.
> 
> So, either the manual must be changed or the code.  I, for one, would rather
> have the code changed...

But this might break existing applications which rely upon the current 
behaviour.  Better I feel would be to fix the documentation and then 
provide a extended version of the --sort-common switch which takes an 
argument which specifies the direction of the sorting.  eg:

   --sort-common=biggest-first  [this would be the default]
   --sort-common=smallest-first

Cheers
   Nick




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