[llvm-commits] [llvm] r107205 - in /llvm/trunk: bindings/ada/llvm/ docs/ include/llvm-c/ include/llvm/ include/llvm/CodeGen/ include/llvm/MC/ include/llvm/Target/ lib/AsmParser/ lib/Bitcode/Reader/ lib/Bitcode/Writer/ lib/CodeGen/ lib/CodeGen/Asm

[Bill Wendling]

On Jun 30, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Anton Korobeynikov wrote:

>> Or for every target for that matter. Otherwise, these linkages are restricted to a small subset of usages -- Objective-C metadata on Darwin.
> Is it possible to solve the problem in question w/o introducing new
> linkage type?
> It seems pretty huge overkill to introduce new linkage type for every
> small stuff which is used only on one platform, etc.
> 
Unfortunately, I don't think so. The linkage has to be carried through from the FE to BE. It is possible to use these linkages for non-ObjC metadata. They aren't without merit on their own. :-)

-bw