rjmccall added a comment. In D68101#1766670 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D68101#1766670>, @bd1976llvm wrote:
> In D68101#1766359 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D68101#1766359>, @rjmccall wrote: > > > I can't speak for the pragma authors, but I strongly doubt the pragma is > > intended to force all affected globals to go into a single section unit, > > since the division into section units is purely an object-file > > representation issue. > > > I'm thinking of embedded platforms where there is no or only very primitive > linkers. There is also the advantage of producing similar output to GCC. > Creating multiple output sections is not without risk - for example, it means > that symbols can be re-ordered (relative to their original order in source > files) which could cause a change in behaviour. Yes, that's a very fair point. Of course, mergeability in general can cause this — but the fact that it can doesn't mean it does in practice. > The way forward now, I think, is to make a reasonable fix and see what breaks. I completely agree. John. CHANGES SINCE LAST ACTION https://reviews.llvm.org/D68101/new/ https://reviews.llvm.org/D68101 _______________________________________________ cfe-commits mailing list cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org https://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits
