ld/Linker Script Development Guide

• All variables which are intended to be accessible to C/C++/etc code should be __SPECIFIED_LIKE_THIS. The two leading underscores should make sane programmers think verrryyyy carefully about how they use such variables.

• All variables which are not intended to be accessible to C/C++/etc code should be __specified_like_this.

• For embedded targets, put the heap/stack into a dedicated section and use OS build-time capabilities to place memory for stacks/threads/tasks/etc into said section to provide a hard cap on memory usage via compile-time error if code needs grow. Rationale: correctness by construction.