On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 3:24 AM, yon ar c'hall <yon.ar.chall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Is it possible to use the option -fsection-anchors on strings literal > ? on the function name strings behind the __func__ predefined > identifier ? If yes, what is the C syntax ? > > Note: on PowerPC architecture, each string literal eats a GOT entry > (the string is recorded in the .rodata section, but access to this > record is done via the GOT) ! The -fsection-anchors option changes the way that generated code accesses static variables. There is no C syntax associated with it. It's purely a code generation option. If PPC code is not using -fsection-anchors for string literals, please file a bug report. See http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/ . Ian
