"Paulo J. Matos" <paulo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The GCC manual says in > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.3.6/gcc/Variable-Attributes.html#index-g_t_0040code_007bsection_007d-variable-attribute-2216 > > "You may only use the section attribute with a fully initialized > global definition because of the way linkers work. " > > However, a static local seems to be ok. Should the documentation be updated? Sure. Note that the docs have already changed somewhat in that area, but they still don't say that a function local static variable is OK. Ian