What have you done to strings!

[Jeff Law]

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