On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 03:00:12PM -0700, Davda, Bhavesh P (Bhavesh) wrote: > > > > If you are munging the symbol table, then why on earth aren't > > you just removing STB_WEAK at the same time? When you abuse > > ELF like this, you've got to be prepared to run into its > > stranger corners; I don't think it's GCC's job to assist with this. > > > > > Is there anything in the C++ standard or ABI that dictates that > > > template class instantiations emit weak aliases for > > methods? I would > > > seriously doubt that since weak aliases are an ELF only manifest, > > > aren't they? > > > > The C++ ABI that GCC follows actually mandates the use of > > COMDAT. I doubt that'll make things any easier for you. > > > Point noted. Thanks for the suggestion to remove STB_WEAK when munging > the symbol table. That will work too. > > As a side note, can you point me to the C++ ABI that you are refering > to?
Sure: http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/ -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC
