Re: [Vala] gross string literals

["Jared Moore" <jaredm gmx com>]

Hi,

If you use gcc, it should intern the string so it is only stored once
in the final object file.

Example:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
	if ("asdf" == "asdf") {
		printf("Interning works!\n");
	}
	return 0;
}

Jared Moore

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:28 AM, Sam Liddicott <sam liddicott com> wrote:
> protected static const string xmldef="blah";
>
> is implemented in the C .h file as:
> #define PHONE_UI_GLADE_xmldef "blah"
>
> I get uneasy because in some of my cases the string could be a few
> thousand characters long.
>
> I'd rather it was implemented directly as a string constant, with
> "extern" in the header file.
>
> Sam
>
>
>
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