dwarflint versus linkage_name attributes
Roland McGrath
roland at hack.frob.com
Mon Apr 4 17:46:51 UTC 2011
> See GCC PR 47510.
>
> Basically, this is a GCC extension. Partly it is there to make the
> implementation in GDB simpler, but it is also a DWARF reflection of a
> C++ feature that otherwise has no natural existing representation (at
> least IMO).
I read that PR and I see that Dodji's patch adds linkage_name to a type.
But I don't see anything constituting an explanation of why that makes
sense to do.
Thanks,
Roland
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