Link_Flags_Type

bitfield Link_Flags_Type

Information needed for linking.

Field	Description
Is_Defined	At least one definition was seen
Is_Local_To_Library	MS mode and neither dllexport nor dllimport
Is_Import	symbol was marked as dllimport
Is_Local	True if symbol should not be linked in next step
Has_Linkage	True if internal or external linkage
Has_External_Linkage	True for c or c++ linkage
Uses_Mangled_Name	True if c++-style linking
Is_Exported	Only for templates
Is_Pod	Pod C structure vs. OOP
Is_Abstract	For classes
Is_Final	For classes; sealed in C#
Is_Compiler_Generated	Artificial symbols
Is_Shared	Part of a dll/so
Is_Select_Any	Allows multiple definitions
Uses_Microsoft_Encoding	Functions: compare return type if Microsoft-compiled C++ code
Violates_Odr	Signals a violation of the ODR
Is_Thread_Local	for C++ variables and static fields
Is_External_Summary	for nodes in external library summaries
Is_Tentative_Definition	In C for global variables, will have Is_Defined as well
Is_Nested_Composite_C_Version	After linking C and C++ together
Is_Nested_C_Composite	For nested composites in C (which appear in global scope)
Is_Specialized	For partial and full template specializations
Is_Struct	For classes (if all declarations use struct)
Definition_Needed	For linking, marks declarations-in-use that request a definition
Is_Inline	For C++11 inline namespace or C++17 inline variables (for routines: see routine attributes)
Is_Incomplete_Instantiation	For class/routine members of template instances if they are defined in the template but not referenced in the instance
Is_Weak	weak symbol entry, no multiple-definition/unresolved-decl
Is_Implicitly_Declared