AsmPrinter(std::ostream &o, TargetMachine &TM);
public:
- /// SwitchSection - Switch to the specified section of the executable if we
- /// are not already in it! If GV is non-null and if the global has an
+ /// SwitchToTextSection - Switch to the specified section of the executable
+ /// if we are not already in it! If GV is non-null and if the global has an
/// explicitly requested section, we switch to the section indicated for the
/// global instead of NewSection.
///
/// If the new section is an empty string, this method forgets what the
/// current section is, but does not emit a .section directive.
///
- void SwitchSection(const char *NewSection, const GlobalValue *GV);
+ /// This method is used when about to emit executable code.
+ ///
+ void SwitchToTextSection(const char *NewSection, const GlobalValue *GV);
+ /// SwitchToDataSection - Switch to the specified section of the executable
+ /// if we are not already in it! If GV is non-null and if the global has an
+ /// explicitly requested section, we switch to the section indicated for the
+ /// global instead of NewSection.
+ ///
+ /// If the new section is an empty string, this method forgets what the
+ /// current section is, but does not emit a .section directive.
+ ///
+ /// This method is used when about to emit data. For most assemblers, this
+ /// is the same as the SwitchToTextSection method, but not all assemblers
+ /// are the same.
+ ///
+ void SwitchToDataSection(const char *NewSection, const GlobalValue *GV);
+
/// getPreferredAlignmentLog - Return the preferred alignment of the
/// specified global, returned in log form. This includes an explicitly
/// requested alignment (if the global has one).