From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: folding strings in DJGPP:HOW!?
Date: 19 Jun 2000 12:12:47 GMT
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Radical NetSurfer <radsmail AT juno DOT com> wrote:

> I know that my Borland compilers do this....
> identical strings are copied to a COMMON location and given
> the SAME pointer into data/string space...

> How is this done with DJGPP ?

AFAIK, it's always done, by default. You have to switch it *off*
explicitly if you don't want that behaviour (-fwritable-strings).

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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