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Diffstat (limited to 'src/cmd/internal/goobj/objfile.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/cmd/internal/goobj/objfile.go | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/cmd/internal/goobj/objfile.go b/src/cmd/internal/goobj/objfile.go index 5d4a253024..8ec7c481d6 100644 --- a/src/cmd/internal/goobj/objfile.go +++ b/src/cmd/internal/goobj/objfile.go @@ -2,7 +2,19 @@ // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. -// Go new object file format, reading and writing. +// This package defines the Go object file format, and provide "low-level" functions +// for reading and writing object files. + +// The object file is understood by the compiler, assembler, linker, and tools. They +// have "high level" code that operates on object files, handling application-specific +// logics, and use this package for the actual reading and writing. Specifically, the +// code below: +// +// - cmd/internal/obj/objfile.go (used by cmd/asm and cmd/compile) +// - cmd/internal/objfile/goobj.go (used cmd/nm, cmd/objdump) +// - cmd/link/internal/loader package (used by cmd/link) +// +// If the object file format changes, they may (or may not) need to change. package goobj |