Re: Patch to detect constant functions (version 2)

[Geoff Keating <geoffk at ozemail dot com dot au>]

Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com> writes:

> Something that Jeff mentioned last night is that non-static functions
> in shared libraries may be overridden.  How to designate that you're
> building for a shared library (or on a system that doesn't override
> symbols) is something that will need consider.  Most of the time it is
> with -fpic, but there are exceptions -- hp/ux and aix come to mind.
> 
> In the mean time, we can only do this for static functions.

This also applies to non-static functions which are weak, even in
executables.

-- 
Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>