Patent Document ID: 6110227
Application ID: 09103862
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for excluding an initializer from a binary image, the initializer comprising initializing instructions for initializing a variable upon start-up of the binary image, the initializer being part of a file and identified by an initializer symbol, the variable being identified by a variable symbol in the file, the file to be processed by a linker to create the binary image, the method comprising: in the file, identifying the initialize by way of the initialize symbol; external to the file, pre-processing the initializer so as to determine an initialized value for the variable; writing the initialized value for the variable into the file; in the file, creating a reference from the variable symbol to the initialized value; and in the file, eliminating the initializer symbol, whereby, when the file is processed by the linker to create the binary image, the initializer is excluded and the initialized value for the variable is written directly into the binary image.