• Arav Ka (3/3) Sep 27 2017 GCC supports a `__attribute((section("...")))` for variables to
• kinke (3/6) Sep 28 2017 LDC does, see
• Nicholas Wilson (6/9) Sep 28 2017 GDC should

Arav Ka <arav1025 gmail.com> writes:

GCC supports a `__attribute((section("...")))` for variables to 
put them in specific sections in the final assembly. Is there any 
way this can be achieved in D? Does GDC support this?

kinke <kinke gmx.net> writes:

On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 at 11:59:16 UTC, Arav Ka wrote:
 GCC supports a `__attribute((section("...")))` for variables to 
 put them in specific sections in the final assembly. Is there 
 any way this can be achieved in D? Does GDC support this?

LDC does, see 
https://github.com/ldc-developers/druntime/blob/ldc/src/ldc/attributes.d#L166.

Nicholas Wilson <iamthewilsonator hotmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 at 11:59:16 UTC, Arav Ka wrote:
 GCC supports a `__attribute((section("...")))` for variables to 
 put them in specific sections in the final assembly. Is there 
 any way this can be achieved in D? Does GDC support this?

GDC should
https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/GDC/blob/master/libphobos/libdruntime/gcc/attribute.d#L30

import gcc.attribute;

 attribute("section","foo") int bar;

is what you want I think (untested) if you are using GDC.