i seem to remember that the (gotcha, and bizarre) link order requirement for gcc reveals that it has a problem like this where it looks for symbols in order. al

i seem to remember that the (gotcha, and bizarre) link order requirement for gcc reveals that it has a problem like this where it looks for symbols in order. although i can't be sure without looking at the code (and i cba) the obvious gotcha free solution is linear but requires two passes (i'm not sure thats a bad thing)...