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Re: Why does gas have both S_IS_EXTERNAL and S_IS_EXTERN?
On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:07:04PM -0400, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
>
> > S_IS_EXTERN just calls S_IS_EXTERNAL. Why does gas need it?
>
> It doesn't.
>
> In the non BFD_ASSEMBLER case, in obj-coff.h, S_IS_EXTERN and
> S_IS_EXTERNAL are not identical. Specifically, S_IS_EXTERNAL will
> return true for a common symbol, and S_IS_EXTERN will not. This is
> almost certainly a bug.
>
Should I submit a patch to remove S_IS_EXTERN?
H.J.