https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89490
--- Comment #20 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- I don't think users would appreciate the change in behavior where constant and string merging would stop to work completely. I've successfully bootstrapped/regtested the #c15 patch on powerpc64{,le}-linux and it looks good to me.