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Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 22:12:22 -0500
From: Andy Goth <andygoth AT vetec DOT com>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Marker
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> : Is there any way of inserting a marker into C code that is compiled but
> : not run?  It would be really helpful if I could put comments (of a sort)
> : right into the binary.
> :
> : I imagine that maybe I could do it with inline assembly that jumps over
> : a text string, but would the optimizer throw that out?
> 
> Hmm. Will the compiler remove 'const char s[] = "My string\n";'?
> 
> If it does try 'struct { char s[], void *p } my_var = { "My string\n",
> &my_var };' wihch I haven't tested but should work. The trick is to
> make sure you reference the string somewhere in the code.

What does the void* p part do (besides add four extra unused bytes)?
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