On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 02:23:15PM +1000, David Gibson wrote: > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 08:38:10PM +0100, Phil Elwell wrote: > > Can we also consider a mechanism for overlay-local symbols, i.e. symbols > > that are used purely to create links within an overlay - perhaps using a > > particular naming convention? This would make it easier to instantiate an > > overlay multiple times without having to uniquify all symbols, and it would > > avoid polluting the global namespace without reason. > > I'd really prefer not to add yet more features and complexity to the > existing shoddily designed overlay mechanism. I'd prefer for people > to focus on a better replacement - which includes considering these > sorts of use cases and how to handle them. Can we go for incremental progress over time instead of replacing what was finally accepted? Maybe one or two concrete examples that need improvement upon, and go from there? Thanks! -- Tom
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