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Re: Problem with the string


On 11/24/06, Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> wrote:
kanishk rastogi writes:
 > if i call a func like:
 >
 > func("kanishk");
 > the string "kanishk" will be defined in readonly segment or in read -
 > write segment ?
 > if they will be in read-only segment i dont want that....
 > how can this be done

Dammit, how many times do I have to repeat this?

You just gotta declare them right. Like this:

char s[] = "kanishk";
func(s);


Andrew.
thanks for the advice andrew
and sorry for the annoyance
but the fact is I cant change the code because its more than 8000
lines so i am asking for a feature in gcc which i would have missed

thanks in advance

> On 11/24/06, Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> wrote: > > kanishk rastogi writes: > > > On 11/24/06, Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > kanishk rastogi writes: > > > > > hi all, > > > > > when we compile our c programs the strings which we use get defined in > > > > > read only memory. > > > > > how can i ask the gcc compiler to declare them in read-write section. > > > > > > > > You just gotta declare them right. Like this: > > > > > > > > char s[] = "This is a string!"; > > > what abt the strings passed to functions? > > > i dont want to have them in readonly menory > > > > They won't be in read-only memory: as I said, you just gotta declare > > them right. > > > > Andrew. > > > > > -- > Everybody is made for some purpose. Find yours.



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