Linking with the Autolink mechanism

When the Autolink mechanism is used, BINDER and DBL attempt to resolve all unresolved external references in the modules of a load unit.

The order in which the libraries to be searched are specified is of particular importance:
To ensure that the external references are satisfied from the correct modules, the logical order shown below must be observed when specifying the libraries:

1. user-specific libraries

2. the CRTE libraries SYSLNK.CRTE (or SYSLINK.CRTE.PARTIAL-BIND or SYSLNK.CRTE.COMPL) and SYSLNK.CRTE.CPP plus SYSLNK.CRTE.CFCPP

3. language-specific runtime libraries of non-CRTE languages (in the case of a language mix)

• It should be noted that BINDER searches in the libraries in the exact order in which they are specified.
• SYSLNK.CRTE.COMPL does not support Cfront mode.

For detailed information on the use of the autolink mechanism, refer to the “BINDER” and “Binder Loader/Starter” manuals.