how long was the routine?
did you delete all objects files before rebuilding?
are you saying the PRC on your PC is larger, or that the Memory (or Info)
command on the Pilot shows it as larger?
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael S. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 9:37 AM
Subject: Why does program get larger?
>I have a program where I am filling some string values.
>
>In my first, quick, attempt, I repeated some code
>three times that performed this function three times.
>
>So I decided to create a routine that I could call
>three times rather than having the code repeated. Everything
>that is in the new routine was cut-and-pasted from what
>was repeated. No new code.
>
>My question is: Why did my program grow when I used
>the single routine rather than the repeated code? It
>seems like the version that had the repeated code would
>be larger.
>
>
>Below is the structure of the new code. The original code
>had the contents of SetStringVal repeated in the routine
>following SetStringVal.
>
>SetStringVal(char * str, char * strVal)
>{
>// This code was repeated three times in the routine below
>}
>// where d1, p2, p1 are char *.
>
>static void FillDB()
>{
> UInt i, j, k;
>
> curIdx=0;
> for(i=0; i < 10; i++)
>
> for(j=0; j < 10; j++)
> {
> for(k=0; k < 10; k++)
> {
> SetStringValue(d1, &k); // code above replaced by call
> SetStringValue(p2, &j); //
> SetStringValue(p1, &i); //
> }
> }
> }
>}
>
>
