[LLVMdev] LLVM 2.4 problem? (resend)

[Anton Korobeynikov]

Hello, David

>
> (My own position is that different objects should have guaranteed
> different addresses.  To alias them, a code generator must prove that
> it wouldn't change observable behavior.)
However, it's pretty common linker optimization to merge constant  
strings / small literal values. So, even if compiler itself won't  
merge them, they will be emitted into mergeable section and then  
linker will perform this optimization.

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With best regards, Anton Korobeynikov
Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Saint Petersburg State University

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