This option enables or disables the merging of const strings
that are placed in shareable sections by the compiler. Using --merge can
reduce the size of the image if there are similarities between const strings.
For a listing of the merged const strings you
can use --info=merge.
DefaultThe default is --merge.
By default, merging happens between different load and execution regions. Therefore, code from one execution or load region might use a string stored in different region. If you do not want this behavior, then do one of the following:
use the
PROTECTEDload region attribute if you are using scatter-loadingglobally disable merging with
--no_merge.
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