From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 08:37:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 08:37:02 -0500 Received: from lsb-catv-1-p021.vtxnet.ch ([212.147.5.21]:64782 "EHLO almesberger.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 08:36:50 -0500 Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 14:06:30 +0100 From: Werner Almesberger To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: beware of dead string constants Message-ID: <20001123140630.F599@almesberger.net> In-Reply-To: <200011221848.MAA05565@duracef.shout.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200011221848.MAA05565@duracef.shout.net>; from mec@shout.net on Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 12:48:30PM -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote: > I have a compiler from gcc.gnu.org's CVS tree that's only a few days old, > so I can verify Jakub's claim. BTW, do you have any estimate of how much dead string space it actually removed ? (I.e. did the .data segment size change significantly, or was is lost in the normal inter-gcc-version noise ?) Just curious, - Werner -- _________________________________________________________________________ / Werner Almesberger, ICA, EPFL, CH Werner.Almesberger@epfl.ch / /_IN_N_032__Tel_+41_21_693_6621__Fax_+41_21_693_6610_____________________/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/