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[Duncan Sands]

Hi Bill,

> Add plumbing for the `linker_private' linkage type. This type is meant for
> "private" symbols which the assember shouldn't strip, but which the linker may
> remove after evaluation. This is mostly useful for Objective-C metadata.

is it really necessary to have both "private" and "linker_private"
linkage?  What's the difference between them exactly?

Ciao,

Duncan.