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http://llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#linkage-types says: Globals with “linkonce” linkage are merged with other globals of the same name when linkage occurs. This can be used to implement some forms of inline functions, templates, or other code which must be generated in each translation unit that uses it, but where the body may be overridden with a more definitive definition later. Unreferenced