[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I beg to heartily differ. *No* C compiler will evaluate a call to strlen
> at compile time, even if the string is compiletime evaluatable.
>
Some c compilers will evaluate anything they can get their algorithms
on, at compile time. Some even interpret do loops, etc. if the
parameters, etc. are all known at compile time. This can hold true for
standard c library functions, etc. Of course, it's been some years since
I helped maintain compilers @ Wang, & even longer since Denelcor,
neither company of which exists today. I wasn't on the optimizer section.
Can anybody who worked on optimizers, correct, or verify my memory?
Bob Sparks
Linux guru wannabe
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