[LLVMdev] Function Attributes in LLVM

Anton Korobeynikov anton at korobeynikov.info
Tue Feb 17 08:35:01 PST 2009


Hello, Josef

> useful for some low level targets. As far as I know function  
> attributes
> are GCC specific or am I wrong?
That's correct

> Is there a Standard-C way to add this
> kind of meta information to a function?
Well... You can store function pointers into some array and add any  
extra information your like.

> I think it would be a pretty nice feature if a target could specify
> special function attributes or am I totally missing the point?
Look for annotation attribute.

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With best regards, Anton Korobeynikov
Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Saint Petersburg State University




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