Attribute @_silgen_name is today only allowed to be used on functions, this change allows usage on globals as well. The motivation for that is to be able to "forward declare" globals just like it's today possible to do with functions (for the cases where it's not practical or convenient to use a bridging header).
Separately, this change also adds a @_silgen_name(raw: ...) syntax, which simply avoids mangling the name (by using the \01 name prefix that LLVM uses). The motivation for that is to be able to reference the "magic Darwin linker symbols" that can be used to look up section bounds (in the current dylib/module) -- those symbols don't use the underscore prefix in their mangled names.
The `bare` attribute indicates that the object header is not used throughout the lifetime of the value.
This means, no reference counting operations are performed on the object and its metadata is not used.
The header of bare objects doesn't need to be initialized.
The `bare` attribute indicates that the object header is not used throughout the lifetime of the object.
This means, no reference counting operations are performed on the object and its metadata is not used.
The header of bare objects doesn't need to be initialized.
The new alloc_pack_metadata and dealloc_pack_metadata are inserted as
part of IRGen lowering. The former indicates that the next instruction
might result in on-stack pack metadata being emitted. The latter
indicates that this is the position at which metadata emitted on behalf
of its operand should be cleaned up.
* Add @_used and @_section attributes for global variables and top-level functions
This adds:
- @_used attribute that flags as a global variable or a top-level function as
"do not dead-strip" via llvm.used, roughly the equivalent of
__attribute__((used)) in C/C++.
- @_section("...") attribute that places a global variable or a top-level
function into a section with that name, roughly the equivalent of
__attribute__((section("..."))) in C/C++.
- replaces "move-only" terminology with "noncopyable"
- replaces compiler jargon like "guaranteed parameters"
and "lvalue" with corresponding language-level notions
- simplifies diagnostics about closures.
and probably more.
rdar://109281444
Macro expansions are currently written to disk using the mangled name of
the macro. Do not use operators that only differ in case-sensitivity to
avoid issues on case-insensitive filesystems.
Resolves rdar://109371653.
We're supposed to use `${platform}` for substituting this previously defined variable. Currently used `$(platform)` will try to run a command named `platform`, which doesn't make sense.
Currently, guidance for incremental builds in `docs/GettingStarted.md` is specific to macOS and won't work on Linux. Let's adjust these steps so that they work on Linux too.
