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From: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: How Does 'C' Store Strings ?
Message-ID: <1288@virtech.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 89 23:08:16 GMT
References: <2141@avsd.UUCP> <2157@avsd.UUCP> <914@sdrc.UUCP>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc
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In article <914@sdrc.UUCP>, mustard@sdrc.UUCP (Sandy Mustard) writes:
> You may also want to use 
> 
> static const char vers.....
>        ^^^^^
> This may help avoid the redundant string elimination. 

The const should be a giant flag to the compiler that this data is 
the perfect choice for redundant data elimination since it won't be 
changed.

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