Please never send a message to both gcc@xxxxxxxxxxx and gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxxx Thanks. I've dropped gcc@xxxxxxxxxxx from this reply. Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Since at least 3.4, the GCC manual says: > > Use the `section' attribute with an _initialized_ definition of a > _global_ variable, as shown in the example. GCC issues a warning > and otherwise ignores the `section' attribute in uninitialized > variable declarations. > > but this doesn't seem correct. Yes, I'm fairly sure that is no longer correct. gcc is now smart enough to not treat a variable with a section attribute as a common variable. I think the documentation is simply wrong. Ian
