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?

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.

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.