Re: [Vala] gross string literals

[Sam Liddicott <sam liddicott com>]

* Jared Moore wrote, On 23/06/08 22:45:
> 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;
> }
>   
Yeah, it was the size that was of concern, and it will not get intern'd
across shared libraries - I guess not against static libs (dunno).

David Givens points out that C99 requires only 4K to be inlined, noting
that larger initializers seem to work.

I'll file a bug asknig that extern be used instead of #define.

Sam
> 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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