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authorRafael Espindola <rafael.espindola@gmail.com>2009-01-15 20:18:42 +0000
committerRafael Espindola <rafael.espindola@gmail.com>2009-01-15 20:18:42 +0000
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Add the private linkage.
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@@ -480,13 +480,20 @@ All Global Variables and Functions have one of the following types of linkage:
<dl>
- <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_internal">internal</a></b></tt>: </dt>
+ <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_private">private</a></b></tt>: </dt>
- <dd>Global values with internal linkage are only directly accessible by
+ <dd>Global values with private linkage are only directly accessible by
objects in the current module. In particular, linking code into a module with
- an internal global value may cause the internal to be renamed as necessary to
- avoid collisions. Because the symbol is internal to the module, all
- references can be updated. This corresponds to the notion of the
+ an private global value may cause the private to be renamed as necessary to
+ avoid collisions. Because the symbol is private to the module, all
+ references can be updated. This doesn't show up in any symbol table in the
+ object file.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_internal">internal</a></b></tt>: </dt>
+
+ <dd> Similar to private, but the value show as a local symbol (STB_LOCAL in
+ the case of ELF) in the object file. This corresponds to the notion of the
'<tt>static</tt>' keyword in C.
</dd>