Question

A linker is given object modules for a set of programs that were compiled separately .What information need not be included in an object module?

Answer 1

Answer:

is trivially there is an object module.

must be there if we need to have relocation capability.

is the answer. For linker to link external symbols (for example in C, to link an extern variable in one module to a global variable in another module), it must know the location of all external symbols. In C external symbols includes all global variables and function names.

is no way needed.