MS-COFF Object Files

Is there any code shareware etc, that abstracts object file format ?


I want to port/recode a codegen I have for 16bit 286 to 32bit 486+
CPU's.


A subject I never see discussed however is object file formats.


Its all very well writing a codegen generator, that creates block of
machine code, but what about the messy details of differing object
file formats.


Is there such a thing as an 'OBJ format' independent codegen ?


When you think about it, the obj format is nothing to do with code
generation, I wonder if anyone has nay views or info on this aspect
of compilers ?


Thanks, Hugo
[There's a GNU object library, but I don't recall having seen an MS
backend for it. -John]
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