On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 7:41 AM Peng Yu via Gcc-help
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>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to understand where are unnamed string constants are
> defined in symbol tables.
>
> In the following example, the unnamed string constant is "Hello World!".
>
> $ cat a.c
> #include <stdio.h>
> int main() { puts("Hello World!"); }
> $ gcc -c a.c
> $ gcc -o a.out a.o
>
> But I don't find it in the symbol table. Could anybody point to me
> where it is? Thanks.
It’s just a fixed offset after linking, so it does not need a symbol entry.
