[LLVMdev] C++ Constructors

[Chris Lattner]

On Dec 12, 2008, at 7:39 AM, John Criswell wrote:

> Chris Lattner wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>> Yes, that will cause it to run before anything else in the module.   
>> If
>> you link to native code with a static ctor, the static ctors in that
>> code may run first.
>>
> Thanks Chris and Anton!
>
> Another question: the llvm.global.ctor array is an array of structures
> with an integer and a function pointer.  What information does the
> integer convey?

In theory, it is an init priority.  GCC supports an attribute to set  
this.  In practice, I don't think any llvm targets support it right now.

-Chris