David: Ping.
On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 10:36 -0500, Antoni Boucher wrote:
> Yes, it is for a use case inside of rustc_codegen_gcc.
> The compiler is structured in a way where we don't know if a global
> variable might be constant when it is created.
>
> On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 10:09 -0500, David Malcolm wrote:
> > On Fri, 2024-01-19 at 16:57 -0500, Antoni Boucher wrote:
> > > Hi.
> > > This patch adds a new API gcc_jit_global_set_readonly: it's
> > > equivalent
> > > to having a const global variable, but it is useful in the case
> > > of
> > > complex compilers where it is not convenient to use const.
> > > Thanks for the review.
> >
> > Hi Antoni; thanks for the patch.
> >
> > Can you give an example of where/why this might be used?
> > Presumably this is motivated by a use case you had inside the rustc
> > backend?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dave
> >
>
