llvm dev - Jul 2010 - [LLVMdev] AsmPrinter & ExternalWeakLinkage

I noticed that AsmPrinter::EmitLinkage doesn't handle
ExternalWeakLinkage.  Is that an oversight or is something
deeper going on?

                          -Dave

On Jul 12, 2010, at 5:27 PM, David Greene wrote:
> I noticed that AsmPrinter::EmitLinkage doesn't handle
> ExternalWeakLinkage.  Is that an oversight or is something
> deeper going on?
EmitLinkage is never called on external globals.

-Chris

Chris Lattner <clattner at apple.com> writes:
> On Jul 12, 2010, at 5:27 PM, David Greene wrote:
>
>> I noticed that AsmPrinter::EmitLinkage doesn't handle
>> ExternalWeakLinkage.  Is that an oversight or is something
>> deeper going on?
>
> EmitLinkage is never called on external globals.
Hmm...well it is here.  :)  I just hit the "unknown linkage" assert.

                          -Dave