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From: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 07:29:15PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Have you tested this with older compilers?

Nope.

> In particular, I have this dim memory of gcc historically not liking 
> multiple separate __attribute__ bits, ie
> 
> 	__attribute__((unused,__section__ ...))
> 
> would be fine, but
> 
> 	__attribute__((unused)) __attribute__((__section__ ...))
> 
> would not compile.
> 
> But hey, my brain is cabbage, and my memory might be crap.

Hmm.  It was always supposed to have worked, but I suppose
there could have been bugs.  How far back to I need to go
looking?


r~
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