Controls the storage and reference of string literals from the program counter.

This pragma is compatible with the following platform targets:

68K

PowerPC

NEC V800

Intel x86

MIPS

Embedded 68K

If this option is on, the compiler stores the string constants used in a local scope in the code segment and addresses these strings with PC-relative instructions. If this option is off, the compiler stores all string constants in the global data segment. Regardless of how this option is set, the compiler stores string constants used in the global scope in the global data segment. For example:

#pragma pcrelstrings on
int foo(char *);

int x = f("Hello");  // "Hello" is allocated in
                     // the global data segment
int bar()
{
  return f("World"); //"World" is allocated in the code segment
}                    // (pc-relative)

Strings in C++ initialization code are always allocated in the global data segment.

This pragma corresponds to the PC-Relative Strings option in the 68K Processor settings panel. To check whether this option is on, use __option (pcrelstrings), described in "Checking Options." By default, this option is off.