> so I can't think of any reason at all why it's getting added to the compi=
led output.

Well, because you told it to!
Prior to "-ffunction-sections -Wl--gc-sections" the only way to build "sear=
chable" libraries was to put each "unit" (function or tightly related funct=
ions) in its own source file, compile them separately, and process them int=
o a special library format (.a files rather than .o files) using a utility =
like "ranlib"
At least, in the unix world.  I don't know if there were embedded compilers=
 that defaulted to different behavior.

It's a problem in the other direction as well.  Now that you have the link =
garbage-collecting for you, it's going to be harder to create a dummy varia=
ble with the program version in it.  Or a copyright=85

BillW


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