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Re: mips-elf regressions

From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
To: Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 21:43:35 +1030
Subject: Re: mips-elf regressions
References: <3B246DF0-A5C2-4F68-8475-ACAEBA4A51AA@adacore.com> <5886B2C6-4718-40B1-B57F-3FF3E5115756@adacore.com> <20081008101312.GB18700@bubble.grove.modra.org> <2745BD1B-735F-4A33-96E8-611CECA14998@adacore.com>

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 12:20:58PM +0200, Tristan Gingold wrote:
> Aren't section symbols always local ?

Usually, but the standard doesn't prohibit global section symbols.
See http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2005-07/msg00494.html

>  If so we could also classify symbols
> into section symbols, local and non-local (thought for a future  
> improvement).

Yes, for standard ELF:
  local section, local, all others
For Irix compat:
  local section, global section, local, all others.

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM

References:
- mips-elf regressions
  - From: Tristan Gingold
- Re: mips-elf regressions
  - From: Tristan Gingold
- Re: mips-elf regressions
  - From: Alan Modra
- Re: mips-elf regressions
  - From: Tristan Gingold

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