[LLVMdev] Ambiguity in LLVM IR for global variable sections

[David Majnemer]

Seems like #2 won't work for this case:

@l = thread_local global i32 0, section "bar", align 4
@k = global i32 0, section "bar", align 4


On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 6:40 PM, David Majnemer <david.majnemer at gmail.com>wrote:

> What do we expect from the following IR?
>
> @i2 = constant i32 30, section "INITDATA", align 4
> @i1 = global i32 0, section "INITDATA", align 4
>
> Currently, we stick them in one section that isn't writable which is
> problematic because @i1 is writable.  If you flip @i1 and @i2 you get one
> section which is writable.
>
> It seems like we should do one of the following:
> 1. Two sections, one writable + one that isn't
> 2. One section that is writable
> 3. Give an error
>
> Personally, I like #1 or #2.
>
> --
> David Majnemer
>
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