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@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ Visibility Macros
**_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI**
Mark a function as not being part of the ABI of any final linked image that
- uses it, and also as being internal to each TU that uses that function. In
- other words, the address of a function marked with this attribute is not
- guaranteed to be the same across translation units.
+ uses it.
**_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI_AFTER_V1**
Mark a function as being hidden from the ABI (per `_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI`)
@@ -61,6 +59,41 @@ Visibility Macros
ABI, we should create a new _LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI_AFTER_XXX macro, and we can
use it to start removing symbols from the ABI after that stable version.
+**_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI_PER_TU**
+ This macro controls whether symbols hidden from the ABI with `_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI`
+ are local to each translation unit in addition to being local to each final
+ linked image. This macro is defined to either 0 or 1. When it is defined to
+ 1, translation units compiled with different versions of libc++ can be linked
+ together, since all non ABI-facing functions are local to each translation unit.
+ This allows static archives built with different versions of libc++ to be linked
+ together. This also means that functions marked with `_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI`
+ are not guaranteed to have the same address across translation unit boundaries.
+
+ When the macro is defined to 0, there is no guarantee that translation units
+ compiled with different versions of libc++ can interoperate. However, this
+ leads to code size improvements, since non ABI-facing functions can be
+ deduplicated across translation unit boundaries.
+
+ This macro can be defined by users to control the behavior they want from
+ libc++. The default value of this macro (0 or 1) is controlled by whether
+ `_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI_PER_TU_BY_DEFAULT` is defined, which is intended to
+ be used by vendors only (see below).
+
+**_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI_PER_TU_BY_DEFAULT**
+ This macro controls the default value for `_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI_PER_TU`.
+ When the macro is defined, per TU ABI insulation is enabled by default, and
+ `_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI_PER_TU` is defined to 1 unless overriden by users.
+ Otherwise, per TU ABI insulation is disabled by default, and
+ `_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI_PER_TU` is defined to 0 unless overriden by users.
+
+ This macro is intended for vendors to control whether they want to ship
+ libc++ with per TU ABI insulation enabled by default. Users can always
+ control the behavior they want by defining `_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI_PER_TU`
+ appropriately.
+
+ By default, this macro is not defined, which means that per TU ABI insulation
+ is not provided unless explicitly overriden by users.
+
**_LIBCPP_TYPE_VIS**
Mark a type's typeinfo, vtable and members as having default visibility.
This attribute cannot be used on class templates.
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