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[David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>]

Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:

> Using static const char foo[] = "bar" can save some
> code and text space, so change the places where it's possible.

That's reasonable.

> Also change the places that use
> 	char foo[] = "barX";
> 	...
> 	foo[3] = value + '0';
> where X is typically changed
> 	char foo[sizeof("barX")];
> 	...
> 	sprintf(foo, "bar%c", value + '0');

You haven't said what this gains.  I can see what it may cost, though
(depending on how gcc loads foo[]).

David