Neil Schemenauer <nas-python at python.ca> writes: > Damien Morton wrote: >> Why not activate the hook if a magic cookie has been appended to the >> executable. This cookie would flag that a zip archive had been appended >> to the executable, and would incorporate information as to the length of >> the archive. > > I suppose some executable formats do not like extra data appended at the > end. Patching a global variable with a linking step sounds like the > best solution (as suggested by MvL). Right. I only didn't understand why he called this 'patching'. I would call it 'link with an object file defining this global variable'. I do not want to be nitpicking here, but a clear terminology avoids misunderstandings. > If someone would create a tool for > Windows that would make most users happy. On windows I would include this into the resources (which can be changed without any needs for a linker or so, at least on NT). Or do you mean that all this isn't needed for Unix? Thomas
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