The documentation for the visibility attribute shown by the "info gcc 'c
extension' function" command is misleading. It says:
"`visibility ("VISIBILITY_TYPE")'
The `visibility' attribute on ELF targets causes the declaration
to be emitted with default, hidden, protected or internal
visibility.
void __attribute__ ((visibility ("protected")))
f () { /* Do something. */; }
int i __attribute__ ((visibility ("hidden")));"
Note that the attribute is attached to the return type of the function "f", not
the function declaration itself. I think this means that the hidden visibility
is applied to the type, not the function, which is strange.
I'm looking at the documentation from gcc trunk.
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Summary: Documentation: Example usage of
__attribute__((visibility("hidden"))) misleading
Product: gcc
Version: unknown
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: minor
Priority: P3
Component: other
AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
ReportedBy: rich at phekda dot gotadsl dot co dot uk
GCC build triplet: Not applicable
GCC host triplet: Not applicable
GCC target triplet: Not applicable
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30361
