use linker generated section brackets #5047
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Requires dlang/druntime#1379 |
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| @@ -463,13 +462,15 @@ static IDXSTR elf_addmangled(Symbol *s) | |||
| * sz = symbol size | |||
| * typ = symbol type | |||
| * bind = symbol binding | |||
| * segidx = segment index for segment where symbol is defined | |||
| * sec = index of section where symbol is defined | |||
| * vsblty = visibility of symbol | |||
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I hate to complain about names, but why not just call it visibility?
Also, what is visibility of names? You could add STV_xxxx to the explanatory comment.
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Nice. I wish I'd known about that linker feature sooner! |
- rename sections to "minfo" and "deh" - use hidden undefined __start/stop_minfo/deh to get start and end of sections - linker will define those symbols (see http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/56) - drop _Dmodule_ref initializers
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I want to use this to add a separate section for |
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Maybe we can combine that with Issue 14816 – improve dt_t data type for faster appending (tail list or array). |
Here is a commit with a similar functionality for the precise GC presented at DConf2013: rainers@e6a3d17 It wrote (address,TypeInfo) pairs, but just emitting pointers to pointers sounds simpler. |
use linker generated section brackets
to get start and end of sections
(see http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/56)