Re: What have you done to strings!

[Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>]

On 10/29/14 02:46, Tristan Gingold wrote:
> > On 29 Oct 2014, at 09:42, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> >
> > Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com> writes:
> >
> > > Nowadays (and since 'const' is part of C), strings and const are in
> > > .text;
> >
> > Nowadays they are in .rodata.
>
> Ok, in the code segment if you prefer.  But the point is that 35 years ago
> they would be displayed by strings, and nowadays you need strings -a.  So,
> I think the compatibility argument is not pertinent.
Agreed.  Actually I've been using -a for the last 20+ years simply 
because I want to see all the strings regarldess of where in the file 
they might appear.

jeff