HP Pascal/HP-UX Release Notes Version A.10.08

Chapter 1 35

New and Changed Features

Referencing Shared-Library Data (+k Option)

Referencing Shared-Library Data (+k

Option)

The HP Pascal/HP-UX compiler now can generate long-displacement

code sequences for referencing global data. This behavior is triggered by

the +k command-line option and conﬂicts with generating Position

Independent Code (PIC).

Compiling with +k becomes necessary in the rare case when a program

references a very large number of distinct variables that are deﬁned in

shared libraries. If this occurs, the linker issues a diagnostic message,

stating that the program should be re-compiled with the +k option.

Note that nearly all programs can reference shared-library data without

needing to be compiled with the +k option.