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[Rafael Espindola]

> what's private linkage and why do we want it?  Can't the
> desired effect be achieved using visibility or sections?

No. Sometimes we want to remove a value from the symbol table
completely.  That is why most (all?) assemblers omit labels that start
with a given prefix. Take a look at bug  3267.

> Best wishes,
>
> Duncan.

Cheers,
-- 
Rafael Avila de Espindola

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