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diff --git a/docs/LangRef.html b/docs/LangRef.html index e097c2a..5eef225 100644 --- a/docs/LangRef.html +++ b/docs/LangRef.html @@ -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> |