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   On 2011-02-23 21:43, Jim Leonard wrote:   
   > On Feb 23, 1:31 pm, Marco van de Voort  wrote:   
   >> On 2011-02-23, Jim Leonard  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I'm aware that TP7/BP7 pascal programs can call external assembler   
   >>> routines.  But is the opposite possible?  Meaning, can assembler   
   >>> programs call routines in precompiled pascal units?  C and assembly   
   >>> have this relationship (you can call C library routines from asm, and   
   >>> asm libs from C) but was curious if TP7+Tasm had this same   
   >>> relationship.   
   >>   
   >> Yes. Because of the same reason. Both C and Pascal are translated to   
   >> assembler, so in the compiled translation assembler already calls pascal/C   
   >> routines.   
   >   
   > What I meant was:  From my assembler program, can I link in routines   
   > from precompiled pascal units?   
   >   
   > I'm beginning to think not, but would like confirmation either way.   
      
   No, as TPU's contain, in essence, unlinked .OBJ code + separate    
   relocation tables. Next to that, Borland never disclosed the format of    
   TPU files, and all but he simplest Pascal code uses code from system.tpu.   
      
   Robert   
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