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Re: [C++ patch] Hookize output_vtable_inherit
On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 13:13:26 +0200, Jan Hubicka <jh@suse.cz> wrote:
>> On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 23:57, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
>> > On 23 Jun 2003, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>> > > Yes, this is OK. output_vtable_inherit and assemble_vtable_inherit
>> > > should be working with trees, not RTL, but that's not your fault, so
>> > > there's no reason you should fix it.
>> >
>> > Does -fvtable-gc work anyway these days, or are you just
>> > keeping those functions around for a rainy day?
>>
>> Beats me! I never really worked with that stuff at all.
>
> It emits the hints to the assembly files for sure, also gas understands
> them. What happends then is behind me. (as well as the reason for this
> code)
The goal of the code is to allow the linker --gc-sections flag to discard
unused virtual functions. AFAIK it's been broken for a while, and never
worked with shared libraries.
Jason