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niccolo.calandri



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Info on PASS_STRINGS=IN_RAM
PostPosted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 3:43 am     Reply with quote
Hi All,
I need some help to understand: PASS_STRINGS=IN_RAM.
What real happen?

Code:
 
PASS_STRINGS=IN_RAM
#define str "Hello"

void main ()
{
while(1){
printf(str);
}}

The str is copied in ram when the Pic is programmed or is copied every time I call printf?

I hope the second one, right?. Manual:
A new way to pass constant strings
to a function by first copying the
string to RAM and then passing a
pointer to RAM to the function.
Ttelmah



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 4:45 am     Reply with quote
It's basically copied when you use it. However internally it's slightly more complex. The 'buffer' used is much smaller than the longest string you use. So you can have:

Code:

const string1[] = "One test string";
const string2[] = "Another test string";


Then pass these to functions expecting 'char *', as if they are in RAM.

The buffer used is only a few bytes, but there is an added overhead, in that the compiler has to add code to 'know' how to handle this.
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