Hello. On 31-05-2013 10:53, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
+ const unsigned long timing[] = { 5, 100, 500};
You'll save space and time if you also make this array "static", otherwise the compiler will build the array every time this function is called.
No, *const* specifier is enough to not build this array every time. It will be put into the .const section.
gcc disagrees:
$ cat const_static.c int f(int x) { const unsigned long timing[] = { 5, 100, 500}; static const unsigned long timing2[] = { 5, 100, 500}; return timing[x] + timing2[x]; } $ gcc -Os -S const_static.c $ cat const_static.s
...
timing2.0: .long 5 .long 100 .long 500 ... movl 8(%ebp), %edx movl $5, -16(%ebp) movl $100, -12(%ebp) movl $500, -8(%ebp) movl timing2.0(,%edx,4), %eax addl -16(%ebp,%edx,4), %eax
Hm, I remember I was convinced by somebody just *const* was enough for the data to be put to .const section. Don't remember if he gave an object code example... Well, it means that person was wrong. Mark, we then need *static* as well...
Regards, Clemens
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