> >Be aware that this function will use more stack space than it needs to: gcc > >will create a separate stack slot for all the above locals. > > > >Hence it would be better to declare them all at the start of the function. > >Faster, too - less dcache footprint. > > > >Maybe not as nice from a purist point of view, but it does allow you to > >lose those braces in the switch statement... > > > > > Hmm, I assumed that gcc would optimize and allocate the stack as it > needed it without waste. Ok, easy enough to fix.
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