Re: Why .bss is not of size 0?

[Florian Weimer via Gcc-help <gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Peng Yu via Gcc-help:

> I see .bss is of size 000004. I don't quite understand it. Since it is
> of type NOBITS, shouldn't it contains nothing? Why it is not of size
> zero? Thanks.

The link editor needs to allocate address space for it.  This shifts
around other sections, so the section size has an observable effect.

Thanks,
Florian