I have several constant strings that I defined as follows:
const u8 *Stringname = "StringContent";
At some stage if I add one more string, the uC stops working. I have more than enough code memory left so it is not a memory problem.
What could be the problem? Am I doing this the wrong way? Should I put the strings in a different memory space?
At least in principle,
u8 *Stringname = "StringContent";
requires the compiler to allocate memory to store the string itself, plus more memory to store the pointer to the string.
On the other hand,
u8 String[] = "StringContent";
only requires storage for the text.
The question is: for a pointer to a const string, is the compiler smart enough to do away with the separate pointer...?