Re: RFA/RFC: Add support for exporting vtables based on dllexport/dllimportattributes

[Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>]

Hi Michael, Hi Niall,

> This seems to do something similar to the patches for fixing PR9283
>   http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-05/msg00571.html
> which are idlying since some time.  Perhaps it could be incorporated into 
> that one?

It is in a similar arena, but it is not quite dealing with the same 
issue.  The visibility patch is more generic (affecting both C and C++) 
and it is dealing with ELF attributes, whereas my patch is specific to a 
couple of DLL models that are used by various OSes.  Hence I do not 
think that they are really suitable to be combined.

By the way Niall - have you signed an FSF copyright assignment so that 
yours and Brian's patch can be accepted ?  As far as I could tell from 
the email archives this is the only thing that is holding up its 
acceptance.  If not then I am attaching an email form that you can use 
to start the ball rolling.  No transatlantic calls are involved, just 
some email and probably a snail mail letter.

Cheers
  Nick

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