------- Comment #20 from jason at gcc dot gnu dot org 2009-02-18 17:47 ------- (In reply to comment #19) > I suppose it's a question of what "module" means.
"module" is used in a lot of different ways, but this usage definitely refers to the current translation unit: /* In a VAR_DECL, FUNCTION_DECL, NAMESPACE_DECL or TYPE_DECL, nonzero means name is to be accessible from outside this module. [...] #define TREE_PUBLIC(NODE) ((NODE)->base.public_flag) Looking at more uses of binds_local_p and the RTL SYMBOL_FLAG_LOCAL, it does seem to be primarily used for references to the current translation unit. Which means that the i386 back end is using it incorrectly somewhere; we don't need a GOT lookup for any reference to a symbol in another translation unit. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39179
