In ARM_LPC2106_GCC, why __dat_beg_src__ is written over __data_beg__

I dont know the code but here is my guess. data_beg will be the RAM location that will hold initialised data.  The values to which this data will be set will be in flash at location data_beg_src.  The values are therefor copied from data_beg_src into the variables at data_beg.