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Re: C ASSEMBLER_NAME patch

From: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
To: Geoffrey Keating <geoffk at apple dot com>
Cc: Bob Wilson <bwilson at tensilica dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 18:29:16 -0700
Subject: Re: C ASSEMBLER_NAME patch
References: <3F2046A0.2020302@tensilica.com> <E205123C-BE28-11D7-AFE2-0050E4BAD278@apple.com>

On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 03:48:03PM -0700, Geoffrey Keating wrote:
> It turns out that the 'alias' attribute wants the *assembler name* of 
> the function, so the code generated was "correct".  IMHO, this is less 
> than useful functionality in this context...

Indeed.  I've been thinking that the alias attribute ought to take
an identifier as well, and use the DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME for that
identifier.  Would make some uses in C++ nicer, since you wouldn't
need to know all the mangling.

r~

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