[patch] Allow linkonce_odr aliases

[Rafael Espíndola]

On 5 October 2013 04:28, Nick Lewycky <nlewycky at google.com> wrote:
> On 4 October 2013 20:09, Rafael Espíndola <rafael.espindola at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I noticed that gcc produces alias when compiling
>>
>> void g();
>> template<typename T>
>> struct foobar {
>>   foobar() {
>>     g();
>>   }
>> };
>> foobar<void> x;
>>
>> To do the same in clang (patch to go in a sec) we have to allow
>> linkonce_odr aliases in llvm. The attached patch does that.
>
>
> Sorry -- I don't yet understand the motivation. What alias does it produce?
> My gcc 4.8.1 doesn't produce an alias on this code on x86-64 linux at -O0.

Strange. The alias I see is

.set _ZN6foobarIvEC1Ev,_ZN6foobarIvEC2Ev

I have attached the entire gcc output.

Cheers,
Rafael
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