On 27 February 2014 19:31, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-02-27 at 20:21 +0100, Marc Glisse wrote:
>
>> > When I create a global function marked "inline" I see, using nm, that a
>> > weak symbol ("W") is added to the object file for that function.
>> >
>> > For link-order reasons, I would prefer that the inlined function not
>> > generate any (external) symbol; in particular I do NOT want this object
>> > to be pulled in from a static library just because it happens to appear
>> > first in the archive order. I have another object in the archive which
>> > declares a global symbol ("T" in nm) and I want that one linked instead.
>>
>> Did you try "static" or an anonymous namespace?
>
> The function I'm inlining is actually global operator new. It's not
> legal to declare it static or in a namespace.
You're asking how to violate the One Definition Rule, which isn't
legal either :-)
