> FWIW: binutils/llvm objcopy is a better mechanism still for this sort of thing in most contexts, as it doesn't involve source compilation of any kind I used

> FWIW: binutils/llvm objcopy is a better mechanism still for this sort of thing in most contexts, as it doesn't involve source compilation of any kind I used to agree with that, but honestly a simple `xxd` to get a C array avoids so many issues with `objcopy` that I'd rather just use that now. With `objcopy` even just getting the names of the produced symbols to be consistent is a pain, and you have to specify the output target and architecture which is just another thing you have to update for more platforms (and if someone's using a cross-compiler, they have to override that setting too). In contrast if you just produce a C array then it compiles like normal C code and links like normal C code, problem solved and all the complexity is gone.