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Is __attribute__ ((constructor)) broken?


>From a post elsewhere

> The following code is a code fragment from a program of mine.   test_constructor() isn't
> being run.  I thought that test_constructor() was supposed to run before main.  It used to work in
> 2.8.1 on my system.
>
> target=powerpc-motorola-elf.
>
> Any clue?
>
> int testvalue = 0;
>
> // Why doesn't this constructor work?
> void test_constructor(void)   __attribute__ ((constructor));
>
> void test_constructor(void)
> {
>     testvalue = 1;
> }
>
> main()
> {
>
>     // some piece of code using testvalue and expecting it to be one.
> }


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