Specific constant locations?

I want to have some constants be in the same block as some code that I specifically locate in memory.

I have defined a block called .flasher and have method definitions like...

#pragma CODE_SECTION(writeflash, ".flasher")
void writeflash()
{
...

}

Then I want to do something like...

#pragma DATA_SECTION(flashmodStr2, ".flasher")
char flashmodStr2[] = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";

and have flashmodStr2 be located in the same block as the above method.

The method gets located just fine, but not the constants.

I see in the FlashMonitor sample code that the assembly uses liens like

CmdTable:   DB  "CDEGIU"

How is this done in C code in Code Composer Essentials?