------- Comment #9 from bangerth at dealii dot org 2007-03-26 15:17 ------- (In reply to comment #8) > but I guess it could be possible at link time, as it is already the case > for C symbols.
We also don't do that in C: if you have two functions of the same name defined in two different .c files and link the result together, there is no guarantee which one is going to be called unless you marked the functions as static. > There is already patent about this : > http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6149318.html As always in free software, you're welcome to implement those suggestions in gcc and contribute the results back to the project. W. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31300