Re: .data and .bss section

2006-03-28 Thread Mike Stump
On Mar 27, 2006, at 11:39 PM, mohanlal jangir wrote: Why does gcc put initialized data in .data section and uninitialized data in bss section? Does it provide any optimization? Also, normally gcc initializes global data to zero then what kinds of data go to .bass section? An example would be

.data and .bss section

2006-03-27 Thread mohanlal jangir
Why does gcc put initialized data in .data section and uninitialized data in bss section? Does it provide any optimization? Also, normally gcc initializes global data to zero then what kinds of data go to .bass section? An example would be appreciated. Regards, Mohanlal P.S. - Please CC repli