[PATCH] D38513: [LLD] [RFC] [COFF] Add support for GNU binutils import libraries

[Rui Ueyama via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

ruiu added a comment.

Import library files are tricky, and I don't fully understand how it works in the MSVC linker. It seems that because import libraries contain sections such as .idata$2, .idata$3, etc., they would be "naturally" processed and sorted in the MSVC linker, and as a result a correct output would be created. But I couldn't figure that out. So, lld implements a special logic for the import library.

I have two questions:

1. Do you think you can figure out what MSVC does for the import libary?
2. Why does GNU binutils create an import library that is different from MSVC's?


https://reviews.llvm.org/D38513