Read-only data handling: a proposal

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>>>>> Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> writes:

>    I was suggesting deferring it until the end of a function -- it's doesn't
> have the problems you've mentioned and it can produce better code on some
> architectures if you have a smart assembler which can convert absolute refs
> to PC-relative refs whenever possible.

I would want constants/statics in inline functions to be deferred until end
of file (when we decide whether or not to emit the function), by putting
them on the function's saveable obstack.

Jason