From: "Michel Chassey" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Globals and binary size Lines: 20 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 18:06:38 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.167.12.164 X-Complaints-To: news AT primus DOT ca X-Trace: news2.tor.primus.ca 963699172 209.167.12.164 (Sat, 15 Jul 2000 18:12:52 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 18:12:52 EDT Organization: Primus Canada To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Hi, I use many global arrays in my program and I am puzzled because the binary size increase does not reflect sizeof ( _new_array). As an example, adding : unsigned long long _BITMAP [ 64 ]; (sizeof is 512), produces a binary size increase of only about 53 bytes. This last number varies from 49 to 53. Could you point me to some reference on how globals are stored, Thanks in advance from a newbie, Michel Chassey icq # 34801616