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-rw-r--r--backend/PrintAsmaux.ml19
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/backend/PrintAsmaux.ml b/backend/PrintAsmaux.ml
index d31507ff..82621010 100644
--- a/backend/PrintAsmaux.ml
+++ b/backend/PrintAsmaux.ml
@@ -303,11 +303,16 @@ let print_version_and_options oc comment =
fprintf oc " %s" Commandline.argv.(i)
done;
fprintf oc "\n"
-(** Get the name of the common section if it is used otherwise the given section
- name, with bss as default *)
-let common_section ?(sec = ".bss") () =
- if !Clflags.option_fcommon then
- "COMM"
- else
- sec
+(** Determine the name of the section to use for a variable.
+ [i] says whether the variable is initialized (true) or not (false).
+ [sec] is the name of the section to use if initialized or if
+ no other cases apply.
+ [bss] is the name of the section to use if uninitialized and
+ common declarations are not used. If not provided, [sec] is used.
+*)
+
+let variable_section ~sec ?bss i =
+ if i then sec
+ else if !Clflags.option_fcommon then "COMM"
+ else match bss with None -> sec | Some b -> b