[llvm-commits] [llvm] r62279 - in /llvm/trunk: docs/ include/llvm/ include/llvm/Support/ lib/Analysis/IPA/ lib/Archive/ lib/AsmParser/ lib/Bitcode/Reader/ lib/Bitcode/Writer/ lib/CodeGen/ lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/ lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/ lib/Exec

[Duncan Sands]

Hi Rafael,

> > 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.

should the "internalize" pass be marking globals with internal linkage
or private linkage?

Thanks,

Duncan.