hide private functions with __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))) #19655
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Both Perl_peep and Perl_pp_uc are private. Check for Perl_croak instead; it's a part of the public API.
This allows us to enforce API boundaries and potentially enables compiler optimisations. We've been always hiding non-public symbols on Windows. This commit brings that to the other platforms.
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Taken from Perl/perl5#19655: > hide private functions with __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))) > This allows us to enforce API boundaries and potentially enables > compiler optimisations.
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This allows us to enforce API boundaries and potentially enables
compiler optimisations.
We've been always hiding non-public symbols on Windows. This commit
brings that to the other platforms.
Of course, we're in freeze, so this PR shouldn't be merged until 5.36.0 is released.