> Sometimes it is important that the type of an object matches the > type of its weak alias. See the attached patch that both adds a > type-safe __weak_alias() called __strict_weak_alias(), and fixes a buggy > __weak_alias() that __strict_weak_alias() would have caught during > compilation. > > Thanks to Taylor R. Campbell for the incantation that was key > to making this work, > > __unused static typeof(alias) *__weak_alias_##alias = &sym; > > Does this look ok to commit?
could you bring this up on tech-toolchain? i think it would be useful for userland as well. one thing -- please change it to use __typeof__. (we should change to using this everywhere we use typeof today. not your problem :) thanks. .mrg.
