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Systems and methods for pre-processing an initializer prior to creation of a final version of a binary image and excluding the initializer from the computer code that comprises the binary image. Prior to creation of the final version of the binary image, an attempt is made to pre-process the initial

Systems and methods for pre-processing an initializer prior to creation of a final version of a binary image and excluding the initializer from the computer code that comprises the binary image. Prior to creation of the final version of the binary image, an attempt is made to pre-process the initializer as if it were being processed during execution of the binary image. The initializer may be pre-processed during one or more of three stages involved in the creation of a binary image: prior to operation of the linker; during operation of the linker; and after operation of the linker. If the initializer is successfully pre-processed, an initialized value for a variable is determined. This initialized value is written into the binary image and all references and calls to the initializer are excluded from the binary image. Thus, during all subsequent start-ups of the binary image, no initialization of the variable will be performed.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A method for excluding an initializer from a binary image, the initializer comprising initializing instructions for initializing a variable upon start-up of the binary image, the initializer being part of a file and identified by an initializer symbol, the variable being identified

[ We claim:] [1.] A method for excluding an initializer from a binary image, the initializer comprising initializing instructions for initializing a variable upon start-up of the binary image, the initializer being part of a file and identified by an initializer symbol, the variable being identified by a variable symbol in the file, the file to be processed by a linker to create the binary image, the method comprising:in the file, identifying the initialize by way of the initialize symbol;external to the file, pre-processing the initializer so as to determine an initialized value for the variable;writing the initialized value for the variable into the file;in the file, creating a reference from the variable symbol to the initialized value; andin the file, eliminating the initializer symbol,whereby, when the file is processed by the linker to create the binary image, the initializer is excluded and the initialized value for the variable is written directly into the binary image.