Clarification on section variable attribute usage [try #2]

[Ian Lance Taylor]

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

> Since at least 3.4, the GCC manual says:
> 
>      Use the `section' attribute with an _initialized_ definition of a
>      _global_ variable, as shown in the example.  GCC issues a warning
>      and otherwise ignores the `section' attribute in uninitialized
>      variable declarations.
> 
> but this doesn't seem correct.

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.  I think the documentation is simply wrong.

Ian