Re: Another patch for visibility.

["H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>]

On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 02:37:02PM +0200, Martin von Loewis wrote:
> >  	      if (symvis && (hvis > symvis || hvis == 0))
> > -		{
> > -		  visibility_changed = true;
> > -		  h->other = sym.st_other;
> > -		}
> > +		h->other = sym.st_other;
> 
> I remember talk about a revised version of the gABI changing parts of
> the symbol visibility semantics; is that text available?

Not yet.

> 
> Because under the current draft text I have, I believe that patch is
> incorrect:

I removed "visibility_changed", which was only used to turn a global
symbol into local. It has nothing to do with attribute propagation.
I don't see how it will change visibility attributes.

> 
> # If different visibility attributes are specified for distinct
> # references to or definitions of a symbol, the most constraining
> # visibility attribute must be propagated to the resolving symbol in
> # the linked object.
> 
> Is there any code left in binutils that propagates the most
> constraining visibility to the resolving symbol?

This part is not changed.


H.J.