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Re: dwarflint versus linkage_name attributes

From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
To: elfutils-devel at lists dot fedorahosted dot org
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:46:51 -0700
Subject: Re: dwarflint versus linkage_name attributes

> See GCC PR 47510.
> 
> Basically, this is a GCC extension.  Partly it is there to make the
> implementation in GDB simpler, but it is also a DWARF reflection of a
> C++ feature that otherwise has no natural existing representation (at
> least IMO).

I read that PR and I see that Dodji's patch adds linkage_name to a type.
But I don't see anything constituting an explanation of why that makes
sense to do.


Thanks,
Roland

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