gcc/libgo
Ian Lance Taylor fdbc38a6e8 compiler, runtime: Use function descriptors.
This changes the representation of a Go value of function type
from being a pointer to function code (like a C function
pointer) to being a pointer to a struct.  The first field of
the struct points to the function code.  The remaining fields,
if any, are the addresses of variables referenced in enclosing
functions.  For each call to a function, the address of the
function descriptor is passed as the last argument.

This lets us avoid generating trampolines, and removes the use
of writable/executable sections of the heap.

From-SVN: r200181
2013-06-18 23:49:49 +00:00
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See ../README.

This is the runtime support library for the Go programming language.
This library is intended for use with the Go frontend.

The library has only been tested on GNU/Linux using glibc.  It should
not be difficult to port to other operating systems.

The library has only been tested on x86/x86_64 systems.  It should not
be difficult to port to other architectures.

Directories:

go
  A copy of the Go library from http://golang.org/, with a few
  changes for gccgo.  Notably, the reflection interface is different.

runtime
  Runtime functions, written in C, which are called directly by the
  compiler or by the library.

syscalls
  System call support.

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