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- <p>In GNU C, you can use function attributes to declare certain things
- about functions called in your program which help the compiler
- optimize calls and check your code more carefully. For example, you
- can use attributes to declare that a function never returns
- (<code>noreturn</code>), returns a value depending only on its arguments
- (<code>pure</code>), or has <code>printf</code>-style arguments (<code>format</code>).
- </p>
- <p>You can also use attributes to control memory placement, code
- generation options or call/return conventions within the function
- being annotated. Many of these attributes are target-specific. For
- example, many targets support attributes for defining interrupt
- handler functions, which typically must follow special register usage
- and return conventions.
- </p>
- <p>Function attributes are introduced by the <code>__attribute__</code> keyword
- on a declaration, followed by an attribute specification inside double
- parentheses. You can specify multiple attributes in a declaration by
- separating them by commas within the double parentheses or by
- immediately following an attribute declaration with another attribute
- declaration. See <a href="Attribute-Syntax.html#Attribute-Syntax">Attribute Syntax</a>, for the exact rules on
- attribute syntax and placement.
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- <p>GCC also supports attributes on
- variable declarations (see <a href="Variable-Attributes.html#Variable-Attributes">Variable Attributes</a>),
- labels (see <a href="Label-Attributes.html#Label-Attributes">Label Attributes</a>),
- enumerators (see <a href="Enumerator-Attributes.html#Enumerator-Attributes">Enumerator Attributes</a>),
- statements (see <a href="Statement-Attributes.html#Statement-Attributes">Statement Attributes</a>),
- and types (see <a href="Type-Attributes.html#Type-Attributes">Type Attributes</a>).
- </p>
- <p>There is some overlap between the purposes of attributes and pragmas
- (see <a href="Pragmas.html#Pragmas">Pragmas Accepted by GCC</a>). It has been
- found convenient to use <code>__attribute__</code> to achieve a natural
- attachment of attributes to their corresponding declarations, whereas
- <code>#pragma</code> is of use for compatibility with other compilers
- or constructs that do not naturally form part of the grammar.
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- <p>In addition to the attributes documented here,
- GCC plugins may provide their own attributes.
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Common-Function-Attributes.html#Common-Function-Attributes" accesskey="1">Common Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
- </td></tr>
- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="AArch64-Function-Attributes.html#AArch64-Function-Attributes" accesskey="2">AArch64 Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="ARC-Function-Attributes.html#ARC-Function-Attributes" accesskey="3">ARC Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
- </td></tr>
- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="ARM-Function-Attributes.html#ARM-Function-Attributes" accesskey="4">ARM Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="AVR-Function-Attributes.html#AVR-Function-Attributes" accesskey="5">AVR Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="H8_002f300-Function-Attributes.html#H8_002f300-Function-Attributes" accesskey="9">H8/300 Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="IA_002d64-Function-Attributes.html#IA_002d64-Function-Attributes">IA-64 Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="m68k-Function-Attributes.html#m68k-Function-Attributes">m68k Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="MCORE-Function-Attributes.html#MCORE-Function-Attributes">MCORE Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="MeP-Function-Attributes.html#MeP-Function-Attributes">MeP Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="MicroBlaze-Function-Attributes.html#MicroBlaze-Function-Attributes">MicroBlaze Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Microsoft-Windows-Function-Attributes.html#Microsoft-Windows-Function-Attributes">Microsoft Windows Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="MIPS-Function-Attributes.html#MIPS-Function-Attributes">MIPS Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="MSP430-Function-Attributes.html#MSP430-Function-Attributes">MSP430 Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="NDS32-Function-Attributes.html#NDS32-Function-Attributes">NDS32 Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="RL78-Function-Attributes.html#RL78-Function-Attributes">RL78 Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="RX-Function-Attributes.html#RX-Function-Attributes">RX Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="S_002f390-Function-Attributes.html#S_002f390-Function-Attributes">S/390 Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="SH-Function-Attributes.html#SH-Function-Attributes">SH Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="SPU-Function-Attributes.html#SPU-Function-Attributes">SPU Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Visium-Function-Attributes.html#Visium-Function-Attributes">Visium Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="x86-Function-Attributes.html#x86-Function-Attributes">x86 Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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- <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Xstormy16-Function-Attributes.html#Xstormy16-Function-Attributes">Xstormy16 Function Attributes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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