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##### Input section and garbage collection

When link-time garbage collection is in use (`--gc-sections`), it is often useful to mark sections that should not be eliminated. This is accomplished by surrounding an input section's wildcard entry with `KEEP()`, as in `KEEP(*(.init))` or `KEEP(SORT(*)(.ctors))`.