[Issue 1675] New: "Identifier too long" error with OMF object files

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1675

           Summary: "Identifier too long" error with OMF object files
           Product: D
           Version: 1.00
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: rejects-valid
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: bugzilla at digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: jarrett.billingsley at gmail.com


If there were an "OPTLINK" component, I would have filed this under it.

When dealing with complex template tuples, it's very easy to overflow the
maximum symbol length allowed by OPTLINK.  This is, simply put, a damn shame,
because it prevents otherwise completely legal code from compiling and linking
with DMDWin, whereas it works perfectly fine when using DMDNix or GDC.  

I know that this is neither a simple nor a small issue to fix: either the
ancient, nearly-immutable OPTLINK would have to be modified, or DMDWin would
have to be changed to output a more reasonable format, in which case a new
linker would probably have to be written.  Until then, this issue should stand
as a reminder that DMDWin is inherently limited.


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