Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 Apr 2015 16:00:33 +0000 | From | Joseph Myers <> | Subject | Re: String literals in __init functions |
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On Thu, 26 Mar 2015, Joe Perches wrote:
> > I'd have thought that a function-wide > > __attribute__((__string_section__(foo)) > > wouldn't be a ton of work to implement. > > Maybe not. > > Could some future version of gcc move string constants > in a function to a specific section marked in a manner > similar to what Andrew described above?
Putting string constants in a special section is an old project idea at <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/optimize.html#putting_constants_in_special_sections>. I still think support for that would make sense.
-- Joseph S. Myers joseph@codesourcery.com
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