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Hi,
I have a query. If there is a C program with one source file containing:
int main()
{
return 0;
}
and no included headers and no libraries linked to it. Then why it is necessary to do linking to get an executable code. As per my knowledge a linker only links the different complied units. But in this case there is only one compiled file.
Anybody plz explain this to me.
Regards,
Archana
I think the standard c library is always included.
But here i didn't included std library explicitly. Or u mean std lib is implicitly included in every C program.
Everything is linked together by addresses. When your program is compiled, the Linker is required to resolve all symbol and label references, as well as build a jump-table and resolve all your relative addresses.
If for some reason, you reference something that is in another library, it will load that library to resolve the address for that reference. But even if you don't, you still require the Linker to handle your own references.
You can't compile without a linker.
Did you ever needed to include a library for the functions printf, fopen or fgets? No, that's because the're all included in the standard C library and this library is ALWAYS linked with your code.Quote:
Originally posted by Archana
But here i didn't included std library explicitly. Or u mean std lib is implicitly included in every C program.
Cheers,
Monster