zahiraam added a comment. In D117569#3257121 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D117569#3257121>, @majnemer wrote:
> I have a question regarding how this work with respect to the dllimport > semantics known by the linker. > IIUC, we will now allow a program like: > > extern int __declspec(dllimport) dll_import_int; > constexpr int& dll_import_constexpr_ref = dll_import_int; > int& get() { > return dll_import_constexpr_ref; > } > > Here, `get` will load `dll_import_constexpr_ref`. However, what will > `dll_import_constexpr_ref` hold? It ought to hold the contents of > `__imp_?dll_import_int@@3HA`. However, we can't dereference > `__imp_?dll_import_int@@3HA` to get to its contents. @majnemer Thanks for the review. This test case doesn't link with MSVC. It will generate this error: Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.29.30133.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. /out:test1.exe test1.obj test1.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "int dll_import_int" (?dll_import_int@@3HA) test1.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals The symbols generated with MSVC are: 07 00000000 UNDEF notype External | ?dll_import_int@@3HA (int dll_import_int) 015 00000000 SECT6 notype Static | ?dll_import_constexpr_ref@@3AEAHEA (int & dll_import_constexpr_ref) Without this patch this test case errors. With this patch clang will generate these symbols: 010 00000000 UNDEF notype External | __imp_?dll_import_int@@3HA (__declspec(dllimport) int dll_import_int) 012 00000000 SECT5 notype External | ?dll_import_constexpr_ref@@3AEAHEA (int & dll_import_constexpr_ref) 013 00000000 UNDEF notype External | ?dll_import_int@@3HA (int dll_import_int) and will error at link time with this error: test1-f1f63b.o : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) int dll_import_int" (__imp_?dll_import_int@@3HA) referenced in function "int & __cdecl get(void)" (?get@@YAAEAHXZ) test1-f1f63b.o : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "int dll_import_int" (?dll_import_int@@3HA) a.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals I think that's the behavior expected, right? CHANGES SINCE LAST ACTION https://reviews.llvm.org/D117569/new/ https://reviews.llvm.org/D117569 _______________________________________________ cfe-commits mailing list cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org https://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits