Re: Empty sections with gcc4

[Fabian Cenedese <Cenedese@xxxxxxxx>]

At 17:12 12.12.2006 +0100, Fabian Cenedese wrote:
>Hi
>
>#define STRUCT_NAM __attribute__ ((section (".struct_nam")))
>STRUCT_NAM static char aTableName[] = "TableName";
>or
>static char aTableName[] STRUCT_NAM = "TableName";

I found that it works if I leave off the "static". From the docs:

"Use the section attribute with an initialized definition of a global variable"

I thought I have that here. Can anybody tell me, what the difference is?
Why doesn't .section work with static?

Thanks

bye  Fabi