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Conventions and feedback The ARM C and C++ libraries Mandatory linkage with the C library C and C++ runtime libraries C and C++ library features Library heap usage requirements of the ARM C and C Compliance with the Application Binary Interface ( Increasing portability of object files to other CL ARM C and C++ library directory structure Selection of ARM C and C++ library variants based Thumb C libraries C++ and C libraries and the std namespace ARM C libraries and multithreading ARM C libraries and reentrant functions ARM C libraries and thread-safe functions Use of static data in the C libraries Use of the __user_libspace static data area by the C library functions to access subsections of the _ Re-implementation of legacy function __user_libspa Management of locks in multithreaded applications How to ensure re-implemented mutex functions are c Using the ARM C library in a multithreaded environ Thread safety in the ARM C library Thread safety in the ARM C++ library The floating-point status word in a multithreaded Using the C library with an application Using the C and C++ libraries with an application Using $Sub$$ to mix semihosted and nonsemihosted I Using the libraries in a nonsemihosting environmen C++ exceptions in a non-semihosting environment Direct semihosting C library function dependencies Indirect semihosting C library function dependenci C library API definitions for targeting a differen Building an application without the C library Creating an application as bare machine C without Integer and floating-point compiler functions and Bare machine integer C Bare machine C with floating-point processing Customized C library startup code and access to C Program design when exploiting the C library Using low-level functions when exploiting the C li Using high-level functions when exploiting the C l Using malloc() when exploiting the C library Tailoring the C library to a new execution environ How C and C++ programs use the library functions Initialization of the execution environment and ex C++ initialization, construction and destruction Legacy support for C$$pi_ctorvec instead of .init_ Exceptions system initialization Emergency buffer memory for exceptions Library functions called from main() Program exit and the assert macro Assembler macros that tailor locale functions in t Link time selection of the locale subsystem in the ISO8859-1 implementation Shift-JIS and UTF-8 implementation Runtime selection of the locale subsystem in the C Definition of locale data blocks in the C library LC_CTYPE data block LC_COLLATE data block LC_MONETARY data block LC_NUMERIC data block LC_TIME data block Modification of C library functions for error sign Modification of memory management functions in the Avoiding the heap and heap-using library functions C library support for memory allocation functions Heap1, standard heap implementation Heap2, alternative heap implementation Using a heap implementation from bare machine C Stack pointer initialization and heap bounds Defining __initial_sp, __heap_base and __heap_limi Extending heap size at runtime Legacy support for __user_initial_stackheap() Tailoring input/output functions in the C and C++ Target dependencies on low-level functions in the The C library printf family of functions The C library scanf family of functions Redefining low-level library functions to enable d The C library functions fread(), fgets() and gets( Re-implementing __backspace() in the C library Re-implementing __backspacewc() in the C library Redefining target-dependent system I/O functions i Tailoring non-input/output C library functions Real-time integer division in the ARM libraries Selecting real-time division in the ARM libraries How the ARM C library fulfills ISO C specification mathlib error handling ISO-compliant implementation of signals supported ISO-compliant C library input/output characteristi Standard C++ library implementation definition C library functions and extensions Persistence of C and C++ library names across rele Link time selection of C and C++ libraries Managing projects that have explicit C or C++ libr Compiler generated and library-resident helper fun C and C++ library naming conventions Using macro__ARM_WCHAR_NO_IO to disable FILE decla The ARM C micro-library Floating-point support

Compliance with the Application Binary Interface (ABI) for the ARM architecture

Compliance with the Application Binary Interface (ABI) for the ARM architecture

The ABI for the ARM Architecture is a family of specifications that describes the processor-specific aspects of the translation of a source program into object files. Object files produced by any toolchain that conforms to the relevant aspects of the ABI can be linked together to produce a final executable image or library.

Each document in the specification covers a specific area of compatibility. For example, the C Library ABI for the ARM Architecture (CLIBABI) describes the parts of the C library that are expected to be common to all conforming implementations.

The ABI documents contain several areas that are marked as platform specific. To define a complete execution environment these platform-specific details have to be provided. This gives rise to a number of supplemental specifications.

The Base Standard ABI for the ARM Architecture (BSABI) enables you to use ARM, 16-bit Thumb®, and 32-bit Thumb objects and libraries from different producers that support the ABI for the ARM Architecture. The ARM compilation tools fully support the BSABI, including support for Debug With Arbitrary Record Format (DWARF) 3 debug tables (DWARF Debugging Standard Version 3).

The ARM C and C++ libraries conform to the standards described in the BSABI, the CLIBABI, and the C++ ABI (CPPABI) for the ARM Architecture.

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