On June 7, 2014 2:06:47 PM CEST, Eric Botcazou <ebotca...@adacore.com> wrote: >> An external variable is a VAR_DECL that cannot be in a register. It >> can be loaded into a register (or stored into), and for that its >> address is needed. So I would expect an external variable to be >marked >> addressable by default. > >"address of this is needed" historically means ADDR_EXPR of this is >taken.
... In this particular translation unit you mean? That would be worthless information for decls also reachable from elsewhere. So - let's say history is something of the past? Richard.
