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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hex <-> int conversion routines.
Date: 19 Feb 2002 11:04:23 -0800
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Followup to:  <02021919493204.00447@jakob>
By author:    Jakob Kemi <jakob.kemi@telia.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> GCC doesn't copy const strings, as opposed to other const arrays.
> So it should be fine as it is. GCC also reuse duplicated strings.
> 

It's still manifest once per file, I believe.

I would suggest making the array an extern instead.

  -hpa
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