By using relative references, either directly to symbols internal to the current TU, or to the GOT entry for external symbols, we avoid unnecessary runtime relocations, and we save space on 64-bit platforms, since a single image is still <2GB in size. For the 64-bit standard library, this trades 26KB of fake-const data in __DATA,__swift1_proto for 13KB of true-const data in __TEXT,__swift2_proto. Implements rdar://problem/22334380.
Swift SVN r31555
This is more resilient, since we want to be able to add more information behind the address point of type objects. The start of the metadata object is now an internal "full metadata" symbol.
Note that we can't do this for known opaque metadata from the C++ runtime, since clang doesn't have a good way to emit offset symbol aliases, so for non-nominal metadata objects we still emit an adjustment inline. We also aren't able to generate references to aliases within the same module due to an MC bug with alias refs on i386 and armv7 (rdar://problem/22450593).
Swift SVN r31523
This is more resilient, since we want to be able to add more information behind the address point of type objects, and also makes IR a lot less cluttered. The start of the metadata object is now an internal "full metadata" symbol.
Note that we can't do this for known opaque metadata from the C++ runtime, since clang doesn't have a good way to emit offset symbol aliases, so for non-nominal metadata objects we still emit an adjustment inline.
Swift SVN r31515
No intended functionality change, although this may make it easier to
get the REPL up and running on Linux. This is still useful for compiler
hackers even if it's not an end-user feature.
Swift SVN r31502
