> What does _xi_a even do? Is it anything more than just a marker > inside the executable? > have you seen this page: http://wiki.osdev.org/C_PlusPlus#Visual_C.2B.2B ? > I think dmc is pretty much in line with it. You can also find these sections in the map files generated when compiling a D file with dmd. :O no, I hadn't! That's great information; thanks!