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Re: [PATCH] Add a new type attribute always_alias (PR79671)

From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
To: Bernd Edlinger <bernd dot edlinger at hotmail dot de>, GCC Patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Jason Merrill <jason at redhat dot com>, Marc Glisse "<marc dot glisse at inria dot fr>;" Jakub Jelinek "<jakub at redhat dot com>;" Jonathan Wakely <jwakely at redhat dot com>, Richard Biener <rguenther at suse dot de>, Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>, Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 16:50:32 +0200
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a new type attribute always_alias (PR79671)
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On 04/05/2017 11:46 AM, Bernd Edlinger wrote:

+@item always_alias
+@cindex @code{always_alias} type attribute
+Same as @code{may_alias}, but additionally applies to instances of
+types with this attribute.

As a GCC user, I have to say that this doesn't really explain what theattribute does. The C standard does not define what an “instance” of atype is.


Thanks,
Florian

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