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Re: V3 PATCH: Static data members

>>>>> "Marc" == Marc Espie <espie@quatramaran.ens.fr> writes:

> In article <or3dgs7l3u.fsf@guarana.lsd.ic.unicamp.br> you write:
>> IIRC, it *does* allocate storage when the data member is defined
>> (except in case of AIX and other non-ELF platforms), 

> Worrying slant.

> I don't like at all stuff that says `it works everywhere (except on non-ELF
> platforms).'

Correction: It should work everywhere that supports_one_only() is true
(i.e. has weak symbols or COMDAT).  I believe this is true of all
platforms that use the GNU linker, and some that don't, though most
a.out targets still need ASM_WEAKEN_LABEL.  Looks like it should work
fine on *BSD.

Jason
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