[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Add support for __attribute__((visibility()))

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 09:45:57AM +0100, Gwenole Beauchesne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This patch adds support for __attribute__((visibility)). This is not 
> something you can check from a compiler POV only as it requires proper 
> tools support.
>
> Only attribute_hidden will be generally useful. attribute_internal has the 
> other benefit to tell the compiler you guarantee the symbol will never be 
> used indirectly (e.g. function pointer).

the default should be internal or hidden (this is tricky due to many bugs in
gcc like exceptions for extern and no exception for code from /usr/include/*)

but once someone forks gcc and fixes these ...
the only thing needed is setting -fvisibility=hidden/internal
and adding a 
#pragma GCC visibility push(default)
at the top of the public headers

well, or maybe we end with a repetition of the PT_GNU_STACK joke where
99% of code needs to be marked as "no really this is normal code" instead
of the 1% that is a special case ...

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