[cfe-dev] Is __attribute(weak) supposed to fail?

[Chris Lattner]

On Jul 11, 2008, at 11:07 PM, Kelly W wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Just wondering if ‘__attribute(weak)’ is supposed to fail in the  
> Verifier due to it not being supported at this point for Linux?

No, it works fine with llvm-gcc.

> like ‘__attribute(weak);’ for an extern function declaration, so I  
> thought I would ask.
>

The weak attribute does two different things depending on context:

1. on a function with a definition, it allows the body to be overridden
2. on a function prototype, it makes the function "optional" and makes  
it resolve to a null pointer if not linked into the app.

The former is llvm::GlobalValue::WeakLinkage, the later  
is ..::ExternalWeakLinkage.  Clang probably just has the later  
confused with the former.

-Chris
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