Re: Re: Defined string with 4 characters is sizeof 4 in watch and 5 in compiled code.

"Max Murphy [email protected] [msp430]" <[email protected]> Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:06:55 -0500

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Thinking back years: The compiler inserts the null when it recognizes the
quotation marks are used. The preprocessor is running before that step has
completed.

-Max Murphy

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 1:36 AM, 'Steve Mayfield' [email protected]
[msp430] <[email protected]> wrote:

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>  Maybe the quick watch uses strlen() which would return 4.
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>  *From:* mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Monday, July 14, 2014 5:39 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [msp430] Re: Defined string with 4 characters is sizeof 4 in
> watch and 5 in compiled code.
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> Ok, so 4 chars and a null, but then why does the debugger in the quick
> watch window, report that it is 4?
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