> I did a few simple independent tests between 'char *foo = "foo"' and 'char
> foo[] = "foo"' and they confirmed what the KJ docs say, that the latter
> results in a smaller object. So I did a test with <fs/partitions/check.c>.
I don't know what kind of documentation you've read, but
> static char *make_block_name(struct gendisk *disk)
> {
> - static char *block_str = "block:";
this is the declaration of the variable in the RAM holding address, i.e.
pointer;
> + static char block_str[] = "block:";
this is the declaration of the memory reference, i.e. address, number,
constant.
In case of "*const" _optimizing_ compiler *may* not use memory to store
the value of the address.
So this is not kind of "some doc say", it's pretty much about
understanding semantics of the C.
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