if sym.Func() {
		abi = obj.ABIInternal
	}
	return sym.LinksymABI(abi)
}

// Deprecated: This method should not be used directly. Instead, use a
// higher-level abstraction that directly returns the linker symbol
// for a named object. For example, (*ir.Name).LinksymABI(abi) instead
// of (*ir.Name).Sym().LinksymABI(abi).
func (sym *Sym) LinksymABI(abi obj.ABI) *obj.LSym {
	if sym == nil {
		base.Fatalf("nil symbol")
	}

func (f *Func) Sym() *types.Sym                  { return f.Nname.Sym() }
func (f *Func) Linksym() *obj.LSym               { return f.Nname.Linksym() }
func (f *Func) LinksymABI(abi obj.ABI) *obj.LSym { return f.Nname.LinksymABI(abi) }

// An Inline holds fields used for function bodies that can be inlined.
type Inline struct {
	Cost int32 // heuristic cost of inlining this function

}

var slicedataGen int

func slicedata(pos src.XPos, s string) *obj.LSym {
	slicedataGen++
	symname := fmt.Sprintf(".gobytes.%d", slicedataGen)
	lsym := types.LocalPkg.Lookup(symname).LinksymABI(obj.ABI0)
	off := dstringdata(lsym, 0, s, pos, "slice")
	objw.Global(lsym, int32(off), obj.NOPTR|obj.LOCAL)

	return lsym
}

func dstringdata(s *obj.LSym, off int, t string, pos src.XPos, what string) int {

			// frame layout. Pin it to ABI0.
			fn.ABI = obj.ABI0
			// Propagate linkname attribute, which was set on the ABIInternal
			// symbol.
			if sym.Linksym().IsLinkname() {
				sym.LinksymABI(fn.ABI).Set(obj.AttrLinkname, true)
			}
		}

		// If cgo-exported, add the definition ABI to the cgo
		// pragmas.
		cgoExport := cgoExports[symName]
		for _, pprag := range cgoExport {

		if len(interfaceCases) > 0 {

			// Build an internal/abi.InterfaceSwitch descriptor to pass to the runtime.
			lsym := types.LocalPkg.Lookup(fmt.Sprintf(".interfaceSwitch.%d", interfaceSwitchGen)).LinksymABI(obj.ABI0)
			interfaceSwitchGen++
			c := rttype.NewCursor(lsym, 0, rttype.InterfaceSwitch)
			c.Field("Cache").WritePtr(typecheck.LookupRuntimeVar("emptyInterfaceSwitchCache"))

	// When converting from an interface to a non-empty interface. Needs a runtime call.
	// Allocate an internal/abi.TypeAssert descriptor for that call.
	lsym := types.LocalPkg.Lookup(fmt.Sprintf(".typeAssert.%d", typeAssertGen)).LinksymABI(obj.ABI0)
	typeAssertGen++
	c := rttype.NewCursor(lsym, 0, rttype.TypeAssert)
	c.Field("Cache").WritePtr(typecheck.LookupRuntimeVar("emptyTypeAssertCache"))
	c.Field("Inter").WritePtr(reflectdata.TypeLinksym(target))

		// It's ABIInternal, and would be better if callee.Func was never nil and we didn't
		// need this case.
		return callee.Linksym()
	}

	return callee.LinksymABI(callee.Func.ABI)
}

func min8(a, b int8) int8 {
	if a < b {
		return a
	}
	return b
}

func max8(a, b int8) int8 {
	if a > b {
		return a
	}
	return b
}