position of section() attribute question

[DJ Delorie]

Consider:

int __attribute__((section("foo"))) *var1;
int * __attribute__((section("foo"))) var2;

var2 is itself in section foo, and points to an int.

Isn't var1 a pointer to something in section foo, and not itself in
foo?  GCC instead treats var1 like var2.

I couldn't figure out a suitable search string to see if this has been
discussed before, please feel free to just point me at an old email
somewhere.