[PATCH] D22683: [ELF] Symbol assignment within input section list

[Rafael Espíndola via llvm-commits]

On 29 July 2016 at 12:21, Eugene Leviant <evgeny.leviant at gmail.com> wrote:
> evgeny777 added a comment.
>
> Interesting idea, but it doesn't sound any easier to me. You'll likely maintain list of symbols instead of list of SymbolInputSection<ELFT>.

Correct. As you parse there will be a list of pending symbols. Once
you see a input section or the and of the output section they get
attached to it.

> Also will it work in this case:
>
>   .foo {
>       *(.foo)
>       end_foo = .;
>      . = ALIGN(0x1000);
>   }

No :-(

Yes, in general a symbol assignment can have a . assignment on each
side, so a synthetic section looks like the correct solution.

Taking another look.

Cheers,
Rafael