class MCSymbol {
/// Name - The name of the symbol.
std::string Name;
- /// Section - The section the symbol is defined in, or null if not defined
- /// in this translation unit.
+ /// Section - The section the symbol is defined in, or null if the symbol
+ /// has not been defined in the associated translation unit.
MCSection *Section;
/// IsTemporary - True if this is an assembler temporary label, which
/// "Lfoo" or ".foo".
unsigned IsTemporary : 1;
- /// IsExternal - ?
+ /// IsExternal - True if this symbol has been implicitly defined as an
+ /// external, for example by using it in an expression without ever emitting
+ /// it as a label. The @var Section for an external symbol is always null.
unsigned IsExternal : 1;
private: // MCContext creates and uniques these.