From: Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
To: Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>, "gcc@gcc.gnu.org" <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: c++ vs decl_external
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 15:42:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <31420000.1017876158@gandalf.codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wvlvgb85qcj.fsf@prospero.cambridge.redhat.com>
>> There is also this cryptic comment in cp-tree.h:
>
>> /* DECL_EXTERNAL must be set on a decl until the decl is actually
>> emitted, so that assemble_external will work properly. So we have this
>> flag to tell us whether the decl is really not external. */
>
> What's cryptic about this? If we don't emit a definition of the function,
> we need references to pass through assemble_external. It's just like a
> prototype followed by a call, which may or may not be followed by a
> definition.
Crypticity is in the eye of the beholder. :-)
Perhaps I should just have said that I didn't fully understand it.
Thanks for the explanation!
--
Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
CodeSourcery, LLC http://www.codesourcery.com
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-04-03 23:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-03 3:44 Richard Henderson
2002-04-03 13:23 ` Mark Mitchell
2002-04-03 13:41 ` Richard Henderson
2002-04-03 14:19 ` Mark Mitchell
2002-04-03 15:13 ` Jason Merrill
2002-04-03 15:42 ` Mark Mitchell [this message]
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