Init-Routine in Shared Library not executed

Question

I have tried to write a Shared Library with an init- and fini-routine. I have used the #pragma init resp. #pragma fini statements to specify the names of the functions to be executed.
But when loading my library nothing happens. The init function is not executed. After renaming the functions to init resp fini everything worked fine (even without #pragma).
It seems that the #pragma statements are ignored.
This is my library:
#include <stdio.h>
void init(void);
void fini(void);
#pragma init (init)
#pragma fini (fini)
void init()
fprintf(stdout, " init called");
void fini()
fprintf(stdout, " fini called");
My compiler version is "WorkShop Compilers 4.2". The OS version is Solaris 5.7

Answer 1

As an asside, C 4.2 is not supported on Solaris 7 or
higher.