> ANSI C allows the implementation to store duplicate strings in the > same memory location at runtime. >
I stand corrected. My claim came from a very old document. The only (draft) version of the ISO standard I have at my finger tips says it is now "unspecified". I think my argument still stands though since it is likely some compilers will not do this optimization (assuming it is still unspecified), and probably none will do it across compilation units. One more case where the allocation of a const variable is useful though is when you want to set the values at link time. You can put all these *constants* in one C file and link with the version of your choice. Especially handy for binary-only distributions. -dl -- David A. Long JumpShift, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
