kevin diggs <diggskevin38@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > "in GENERIC"??? Is this the initial RTL output? GENERIC is the name for the tree representation used by the C frontend. Since a string literal only appears in an operand, STRING_CST is what you will see in GIMPLE as well. > Assuming the size does not bust through a processors offset addressing > capabilities, something similar should be doable for accessing things > in any section (clustered section access optimization). I just figure > that string literals are far more common. Off the top of your head do > you know what I would search for for something like: > > int im_a_global_int; > > which would be treated similarly to a string literal (at least as far > as how it is accessed), right? That's a very general question and I'm not sure just how to answer it. At the GENERIC/GIMPLE level that is just a variable. At the RTL level it will turn into a memory address (a MEM). Ian
