Hide function name in GCC compilation - c

Question

I am compiling a c "hello world" program that juste include one simple function and a main function.
I am using GCC under Linux.
When I run readelf command on the binary, I can see symbol table and I can see function names in clear.
Is there a way to tell GCC (or the linker) to not generate this symbol table?
Is it possible to tell GCC to store only functions addresses, without storing function names in clear?

Answer 1

Use the -s option to strip the symbol table:
gcc -s -o hello hello.c

Answer 2

The utility strip discards symbols from object files.
Consider :
#include <stdio.h>
static void static_func(void)
{
puts(__FUNCTION__);
}
void func(void)
{
puts(__FUNCTION__);
}
int main(void)
{
static_func();
func();
return 0;
}
readelf produces on a fresh compiled binary :
Symbol table '.symtab' contains 71 entries:
Num: Value Size Type Bind Vis Ndx Name
....
37: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS hide.c
38: 0000000000400526 17 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 static_func
....
61: 0000000000400537 17 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 14 func
....
66: 0000000000400548 21 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 14 main
....
And after stripping the binary the whole output is :
Symbol table '.dynsym' contains 4 entries:
Num: Value Size Type Bind Vis Ndx Name
0: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT UND
1: 0000000000000000 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT UND puts#GLIBC_2.2.5 (2)
2: 0000000000000000 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT UND __libc_start_main#GLIBC_2.2.5 (2)
3: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND __gmon_start__