Lu, Hongjiu wrote:
It looks like SHF_EXCLUDE is exactly what I am looking for. How useful is it in your experiences?
As far as I can tell, this was introduced with the SYSTEM V APPLICATION BINARY INTERFACE for the PowerPC Processor Supplement back in September 1995 :-) Then the Fortran folks got a hold of it for adding some specific sections that they didn't want added to the final output file. Whether it's being used today by any of our compiler components I don't know. I'll put some feelers out. -- Rod.