Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:16:26 -0400 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] cleanup patches for strings |
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cutaway@bellsouth.net wrote: > There is a way to defeat the GCC string alignments by putting the strings in > a dynamically sized structure if anyone cares. A bonus side effect of this > scheme is that kernel/driver NLS translations would become almost trivial > because all the string texts are collected in one place. > > The basic idea looks like this: > > #define MSG1 "Message text blah" > #define MSG2 "Message text blah, blah" > #define MSG3 "Message text blah, blah, blah" > > #ifndef __GCC_FORMAT_STRING_CHECKS__ > static const struct > { > char m1[sizeof(MSG1)+1]; > char m2[sizeof(MSG2)+1]; > char m3[sizeof(MSG3)+1]; > } msg = { > {MSG1}, > {MSG2}, > {MSG3} > }; > #undef MSG1 > #undef MSG2 > #undef MSG3 > #define MSG1 msg.m1 > #define MSG2 msg.m2 > #define MSG3 msg.m3 > #endif >
Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.
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