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 jos...@codesourcery.com
