-.{* the absolute section *}
-.extern const asection bfd_abs_section;
-.#define bfd_abs_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_abs_section)
-.#define bfd_is_abs_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_abs_section_ptr)
-.{* Pointer to the undefined section *}
-.extern const asection bfd_und_section;
-.#define bfd_und_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_und_section)
-.#define bfd_is_und_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_und_section_ptr)
-.{* Pointer to the common section *}
-.extern const asection bfd_com_section;
-.#define bfd_com_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_com_section)
-.{* Pointer to the indirect section *}
-.extern const asection bfd_ind_section;
-.#define bfd_ind_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_ind_section)
-.#define bfd_is_ind_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_ind_section_ptr)
-.
-.extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_abs_symbol;
-.extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_com_symbol;
-.extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_und_symbol;
-.extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_ind_symbol;
-.#define bfd_get_section_size_before_reloc(section) \
-. ((section)->reloc_done ? (abort (), (bfd_size_type) 1) \
-. : (section)->_raw_size)
-.#define bfd_get_section_size_after_reloc(section) \
-. ((section)->reloc_done ? (section)->_cooked_size \
-. : (abort (), (bfd_size_type) 1))
+.{* Pointer to the common section. *}
+.#define bfd_com_section_ptr (&_bfd_std_section[0])
+.{* Pointer to the undefined section. *}
+.#define bfd_und_section_ptr (&_bfd_std_section[1])
+.{* Pointer to the absolute section. *}
+.#define bfd_abs_section_ptr (&_bfd_std_section[2])
+.{* Pointer to the indirect section. *}
+.#define bfd_ind_section_ptr (&_bfd_std_section[3])
+.
+.static inline bfd_boolean
+.bfd_is_und_section (const asection *sec)
+.{
+. return sec == bfd_und_section_ptr;
+.}
+.
+.static inline bfd_boolean
+.bfd_is_abs_section (const asection *sec)
+.{
+. return sec == bfd_abs_section_ptr;
+.}
+.
+.static inline bfd_boolean
+.bfd_is_ind_section (const asection *sec)
+.{
+. return sec == bfd_ind_section_ptr;
+.}
+.
+.static inline bfd_boolean
+.bfd_is_const_section (const asection *sec)
+.{
+. return sec >= bfd_abs_section_ptr && sec <= bfd_ind_section_ptr;
+.}
+.
+.{* Return TRUE if input section SEC has been discarded. *}
+.static inline bfd_boolean
+.discarded_section (const asection *sec)
+.{
+. return (!bfd_is_abs_section (sec)
+. && bfd_is_abs_section (sec->output_section)
+. && sec->sec_info_type != SEC_INFO_TYPE_MERGE
+. && sec->sec_info_type != SEC_INFO_TYPE_JUST_SYMS);
+.}
+.
+.#define BFD_FAKE_SECTION(SEC, SYM, NAME, IDX, FLAGS) \
+. {* name, id, index, next, prev, flags, user_set_vma, *} \
+. { NAME, IDX, 0, NULL, NULL, FLAGS, 0, \
+. \
+. {* linker_mark, linker_has_input, gc_mark, decompress_status, *} \
+. 0, 0, 1, 0, \
+. \
+. {* segment_mark, sec_info_type, use_rela_p, *} \
+. 0, 0, 0, \
+. \
+. {* sec_flg0, sec_flg1, sec_flg2, sec_flg3, sec_flg4, sec_flg5, *} \
+. 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, \
+. \
+. {* vma, lma, size, rawsize, compressed_size, relax, relax_count, *} \
+. 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, \
+. \
+. {* output_offset, output_section, alignment_power, *} \
+. 0, &SEC, 0, \
+. \
+. {* relocation, orelocation, reloc_count, filepos, rel_filepos, *} \
+. NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, \
+. \
+. {* line_filepos, userdata, contents, lineno, lineno_count, *} \
+. 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, \
+. \
+. {* entsize, kept_section, moving_line_filepos, *} \
+. 0, NULL, 0, \
+. \
+. {* target_index, used_by_bfd, constructor_chain, owner, *} \
+. 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, \
+. \
+. {* symbol, symbol_ptr_ptr, *} \
+. (struct bfd_symbol *) SYM, &SEC.symbol, \
+. \
+. {* map_head, map_tail *} \
+. { NULL }, { NULL } \
+. }
+.
+.{* We use a macro to initialize the static asymbol structures because
+. traditional C does not permit us to initialize a union member while
+. gcc warns if we don't initialize it.
+. the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata] *}
+.#ifdef __STDC__
+.#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
+. { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION, { 0 }}
+.#else
+.#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
+. { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION }
+.#endif
+.