>> >3. Change host generated object files to ".ho" [".lo" was used before and
>> >   not documented in bsd.README] and beautify the rule.
>>
>> I've heard only 2 positive and 0 negative remarks about this, so I will
>> proceed with the change after the branch. This is the last time to voice
>> objections.
>
>Well, there is the obvious one that came up when I chose .lo in the first
>place. ".ho" sounded either too santa-clausy, or like we were putting on
>the red light. :-)

Since normal objects (going into lib[^_]*.a) are ".o", and profiled
(-p and -pg) objects (going into lib*_p.a) are ".po", then, logically,
position-independent (-fpic and -fPIC) objects, going into lib*_pic.a
(and eventually *.so*), should be ".pico", right?  (Or maybe ".pic_o"
to avoid looking too much like a certain annoying editor...)  This way
local objects could stay ".lo".

jdarrow

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