[llvm-commits] [PATCH] New external2availableexternally pass (issue166075)

[Duncan Sands]

Hi,

> When we have a runtime library, it's useful to expose that library to
> the optimizers, but it's bad to ask LLVM to actually codegen the
> library's code a second time.

I didn't look at the code, but it sounds like it gives functions
available_externally linkage.  Why not have the front-end output
the functions with available_externally linkage in the first place?

Ciao,

Duncan.