From:	"Matthew Bennett" <bennett AT btinternet DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Large global arrays in C++
Date:	20 Nov 1997 19:05:04 GMT
Organization:	BT Internet
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Hi,

If I place a large array as a global value at the beginning of a C++
program, like:

....
#include <stdio.h>

int bigarray [100][100][100];
....

djgpp compiles it (after a while), and it runs ok, but the exe's size runs
into quite a few megabytes. This enormous size is simply unusable.

I know this is a known djgpp c++ bug, and it is apparently meant to be
fixed in the next version (gcc or gpp 2.8.0 or something). But two main
questions:

1) When *is* this next version meant to come out??
2) As large global arrays are needed for many games I'm writing, is there
any way I can get round this problem?? Surely others must have needed a
workaround too?

Thanks a lot for any help,

Matt

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