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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - Discrepancy between Language Reference Manual and linker behavior: uniqueing identified types"
   href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32463">32463</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>Discrepancy between Language Reference Manual and linker behavior: uniqueing identified types
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>libraries
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        <tr>
          <th>Version</th>
          <td>trunk
          </td>
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        <tr>
          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>PC
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Linux
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
          </td>
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>normal
          </td>
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>Linker
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedbugs@nondot.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>hardekopf@google.com
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          <th>CC</th>
          <td>llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org
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        <pre>The language reference manual in section High Level Structure, subsection
Structure Types states: "Literal types are uniqued structurally, but identified
types are never uniqued.". However, the linker does unique structurally
identical identified types.

It would be useful for whole-program analysis if the language reference manual
specification is the intended behavior.

Example:

user:~$ echo '%x = type { i8 } define void @X(%x*) { ret void }' |
llvm/build/bin/llvm-as -o 1.bc

user:~$ echo '%y = type { i8 } define void @Y(%y*) { ret void }' |
llvm/build/bin/llvm-as -o 2.bc

user:~$ llvm/build/bin/llvm-link 1.bc 2.bc -o 3.bc

user:~$ llvm/build/bin/llvm-dis < 3.bc
; ModuleID = '<stdin>'
source_filename = "llvm-link"

%x = type { i8 }

define void @X(%x*) {
  ret void
}

define void @Y(%x*) {
  ret void
}</pre>
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