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<h4 class="subsection">6.58.7 Symbol-Renaming Pragmas</h4>
<p>For compatibility with the Solaris system headers, GCC
supports two <code>#pragma</code> directives that change the name used in
assembly for a given declaration. To get this effect
on all platforms supported by GCC, use the asm labels extension (see <a href="Asm-Labels.html#Asm-Labels">Asm Labels</a>).
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<dt><code>redefine_extname </code><var>oldname</var> <var>newname</var><dd><a name="index-pragma_002c-redefine_005fextname-3472"></a>
This pragma gives the C function <var>oldname</var> the assembly symbol
<var>newname</var>. The preprocessor macro <code>__PRAGMA_REDEFINE_EXTNAME</code>
is defined if this pragma is available (currently on all platforms).
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<p>This pragma and the asm labels extension interact in a complicated
manner. Here are some corner cases you may want to be aware of.
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<li>Both pragmas silently apply only to declarations with external
linkage. Asm labels do not have this restriction.
<li>In C++, both pragmas silently apply only to declarations with
&ldquo;C&rdquo; linkage. Again, asm labels do not have this restriction.
<li>If any of the three ways of changing the assembly name of a
declaration is applied to a declaration whose assembly name has
already been determined (either by a previous use of one of these
features, or because the compiler needed the assembly name in order to
generate code), and the new name is different, a warning issues and
the name does not change.
<li>The <var>oldname</var> used by <code>#pragma redefine_extname</code> is
always the C-language name.
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