[LLVMdev] [RFC] Overhauling Attributes

[Rafael Espíndola]

> this sounds so much like metadata...  What was the reason for not enhancing
> metadata to cover this use case?  I'm sure you explained but I've completely
> forgotten...

I was assuming the difference was that attributes cannot be removed in
general. But then the only options I can see are
* Document the semantics of all of them.
* Find some other generic way by which the middle end can handle an
unknown attribute.

> Ciao, Duncan.
>

Cheers,
Rafael