gcc visibility used by moz

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Tristan Wibberley <maihem@maihem.org> writes:

[...]

| I am suggesting that visibility attributes should *not* touch the C++
| type system in any way. 

But then, at the same time you're talking of polymorphic types
(e.g. vtables). 

| Since C++ doesn't have a notion of module a
| class that the C++ type system regards as hidden must be hidden from
| everything (in which case, you could just comment out the class
| definition instead) or nothing.

That brings us back to Mike's question.  We are not making progress.

| I suggest that should be nothing, and
| that the linker should apply the visibility attributes to *its* notion
| of module.

Please elaborate.

-- Gaby