Re: [avr-gcc-list] Re: sprintf

[David Kelly]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:37:30PM +0100, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:10:16 +0100
> David Brown <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> >     sprintf((A_String + i), "%c", 0xff)
> > 
> > has exactly the same effect as:
> > 
> >     A_String[i] = 0xff;
> >     A_String[i + 1] = 0x00;
> >     delay_about_1000_processor_cycles();
> >     waste_about_2000_bytes_of_code_space();
> 
> ROTF ! :-))))

sprintf() only costs 2kB? Sure enough, this little program is 2132 bytes
after strip:

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
        char tmp[100];

        sprintf( tmp, "%d", 10 );
}

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, address@hidden
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