Re: Patch to add __builtin_printf("string\n") -> puts("string")

[Raja R Harinath <harinath at cs dot umn dot edu>]

Raja R Harinath <harinath@cs.umn.edu> writes:
> "Kaveh R. Ghazi" <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu> writes:
> > 	printf("string\n") -> puts("string")
> 
> Isn't this a size pessimization: you may need to store two copies of
> the constant string -- one with the trailing '\n' and one without.
> Especially in the case
> 
>    const char *p = "foo\n";
>    void bar () { printf(p); }

I mean

  const char *const p = "foo\n";

- Hari
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