Add cc.has_function_attribute('section')

docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md

@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ which are supported by GCC, Clang, and other compilers.
 | pure                     |
 | retain⁴                  |
 | returns_nonnull          |
+| section⁵                 |
 | unused                   |
 | used                     |
 | visibility*              |
@@ -268,6 +269,8 @@ which are supported by GCC, Clang, and other compilers.
 
 ⁴ *New in 0.62.0*
 
+⁵ *New in 0.63.0*
+
 ### MSVC __declspec
 
 These values are supported using the MSVC style `__declspec` annotation,

mesonbuild/compilers/c_function_attributes.py

@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ C_FUNC_ATTRIBUTES = {
         'int foo(void) __attribute__((pure));',
     'returns_nonnull':
         'int *foo(void) __attribute__((returns_nonnull));',
+    'section': '''
+        #if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
+            extern int foo __attribute__((section("__BAR,__bar")));
+        #else
+            extern int foo __attribute__((section(".bar")));
+        #endif''',
     'unused':
         'int foo(void) __attribute__((unused));',
     'used':

test cases/common/197 function attributes/meson.build

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ attributes = [
   'noreturn',
   'nothrow',
   'pure',
+  'section',
   'unused',
   'used',
   'warn_unused_result',