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.
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Joseph S. Myers
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On Thu, 2015-04-02 at 16:00 +0000, Joseph Myers wrote:
> 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>.
That's news to me. Thanks for the link.
> I still think support for that would make sense.
That's good to know.
Do you know of a mechanism in place to prioritize
development for these optimization projects or is
this a placeholder for unscheduled or unresourced
TODOs?