https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88061
Bug ID: 88061
Summary: section attributes of variable templates are ignored
Product: gcc
Version: 7.3.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: c++
Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
Reporter: henrik-public at gmx dot net
Target Milestone: ---
When providing a variable template with a section attribute its instantiations
do not appear in the specified section:
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template<unsigned x>
[[gnu::section(".my_data")]] const unsigned g_my_data {x};
template const unsigned g_my_data<0xf0f0f0f0>;
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$ g++-7 -c main.cpp -o main.o -std=c++14
$ objdump main.o --full-content
main.o: Format elf64-x86-64
Section .group:
0000 01000000 05000000 ........
Section .rodata._Z9g_my_dataILj4042322160EE:
0000 f0f0f0f0 ....
Section .comment:
0000 00474343 3a202855 62756e74 7520372e .GCC: (Ubuntu 7.
0010 332e302d 32337562 756e7475 327e3136 3.0-23ubuntu2~16
0020 2e30342e 796f726b 30292037 2e332e30 .04.york0) 7.3.0
0030 00 .
