minor doc tweaks

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Ken Raeburn 1993-08-20 19:10:58 +00:00
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@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
SECTION
Constructors
Classes in C++ have 'constructors' and 'destructors'. These
Classes in C++ have `constructors' and `destructors'. These
are functions which are called automatically by the language
whenever data of a class is created or destroyed. Class data
which is static data may also be have a type which requires
'construction', the contructor must be called before the data
`construction', the contructor must be called before the data
can be referenced, so the contructor must be called before the
program begins.
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<<__GLOBAL__$I$foo>> might be the label of a contructor for
the class @var{foo}. The solution on unfortunate systems
(most system V machines) is to perform a partial link on all
the .o files, do an <<nm>> on the result, run <<awk>> or some
the <<.o>> files, do an <<nm>> on the result, run <<awk>> or some
such over the result looking for strange <<__GLOBAL__$>>
symbols, generate a C program from this, compile it and link
with the partially linked input. This process is usually
@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ SECTION
information necessary to call the function.
o table id -
The type of symbol, ie is it a contructor, a destructor or
The type of symbol, i.e., is it a constructor, a destructor or
something else someone dreamed up to make our lives difficult.
This module takes this information and then builds extra