help using "__attribute__ ((section "

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Adam Panchártek <adam.panchartek@elgas.cz> writes:

> I would like to ask about the possibility of writing the following
> code (from the Toshibacompiler) to GCC (actually 4.5.1).
>
> Toshiba:
> #pragma section area tables                // Start area
>     unsigned char table1[10];
>     unsigned char table2[20];
>     ...
>     unsigned char table9[5];
> #pragma section area                        //End area
>
> GCC:
>     unsigned char table1[10] __attribute__ ((section(".tables")));
>     unsigned char table2[20] __attribute__ ((section(".tables")));
>     ...
>     unsigned char table9[5] __attribute__ ((section(".tables")));
>
> Is it possible to write this define in the GCC like "one block" with
> Start and End of area?

Do you mean: does gcc support #pragma section?  No, it does not.  Sorry.

Ian