https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4646
Alan Modra changed:
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
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--- Additional Comments From amodra at bigpond dot net dot au 2007-06-15
16:24 ---
Deliberate choice. .toc is writable and the ABI allows variables there as well
as the usual address constants. If assembly makes use of TOC as a small-data
like section (gcc doesn't), it's not so easy to
--- Additional Comments From pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2007-06-15
03:15 ---
Unused TOC entries are removed:
http://www.sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2004-11/msg00072.html
But it looks like Alan did not finish with the merging of the TOC.
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