ia64 vtable entries (was: C implementations of the C++ ABI)

[Jason Merrill]

>>>>> Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery.com> writes:

 >   o GP/address pairs in vtables

 >     This one concerns me the most.  I don't even know if there's 
 >     any kind of standard assembly syntax for this.  Is there?
 >     (If not, there should be -- otherwise, you can't say -S to your
 >     compiler and get anything sensible out.)

Richard Henderson still doesn't believe that there's a suitable reloc for
this in the base ABI, and apparently I forgot to write up his explanation
for a wider audience.  Richard, care to repeat it in a less transient
medium?

Jason