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In article <43kt1g$ig@boson.epita.fr> j@the_one.epita.fr (Jedi/Sector One) writes:
 >   What about a syntax like :
 >      static char table[] = {
 >     #incbin "table.dat"
 >      };
 > 
 >   Even if this is fully managed by the preprocessor (so that the compilation
 > time won't be increased), this would save lotsa developpment time.

But what would the compiler do with all that garbage once it is included?
The compiler expects tokens, so this would mean a new kind of token is
invented that stands for binary data.
 > 
 >   Another problemes with the actual ANSI C revision is that there is no way of
 > knowing how many items an array contains without an end mark. Just look at the
 > first example I gave : how is it possible to know that there are 4 items at
 > run-time ?

sizeof(char_table) will give the expected value.
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