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Re: Clarification on section variable attribute usage [try #2]

From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
To: Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon dot xyz at gmail dot com>
Cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 11 Dec 2007 15:15:07 -0800
Subject: Re: Clarification on section variable attribute usage [try #2]
References: <475DA879.4060708@gmail.com> <m3zlwhfbpx.fsf@localhost.localdomain> <475EF29A.5060904@gmail.com>

Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com> writes:

> > Yes, I'm fairly sure that is no longer correct.  gcc is now smart
> > enough to not treat a variable with a section attribute as a common
> > variable.
> 
> Do you know when this happened ? Before GCC 3.2 ?

I don't know when it happened, no.

> > I think the documentation is simply wrong.
> 
> It's probably high time to fix it up.

Yep.

Ian

References:
- Clarification on section variable attribute usage [try #2]
  - From: Franck Bui-Huu
- Re: Clarification on section variable attribute usage [try #2]
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: Clarification on section variable attribute usage [try #2]
  - From: Franck Bui-Huu

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