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From: ted@cs.utexas.edu (Ted Woodward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: global data in Think C
Message-ID: <704@dimebox.cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 6 May 90 20:53:48 GMT
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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Well, I just found out that string constants in Think C 4.0 get put into the
global data segment...bad move, guys.  Because of this, I have 47K of 'global'
data...

So what do I try?  I try this:
#define NUMELEMS 29
Str32 *myArray;	/*yes, I did a #include <appletalk.h>*/

InitElms()
{	myArray = (Str32 *) NewPtr(sizeof(Str32) * (long) NUMELMS);
	myArray[0] = "generic text here";
}

and get 'illegal operation on array'.  So I can't say:
Str32 test;
test = "stuff";

?
This seems kinda silly.  I'd also like to be able to say something like this:

myArray = {"generic1","genereic2",...}
like in a declaration, so I can put the stuff in the heap instead of global
space...


-- 
Ted Woodward (ted@cs.utexas.edu)

Someone shot the food...