Proposed improvements to the separate compilation model

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Mon Jul 25 03:36:33 PDT 2011


Walter Bright Wrote:

> The only way the linker can detect mismatches is by embedding the hash into the 
> name, i.e. more name mangling.

It's not the only way. You can keep current mangling scheme and store hashes in another place. If the linker doesn't support hashes, everything will just work, if it does, it can provide extra safety for this particular scenario.


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