Have a look at:

file:///C:/Repository/NikonSB/StringFormat.html

Made my C program a chunk smaller by re-using strings in messages 
(stored as tables in program memory....). I wrote it with C18 in mind, 
but will probably be useful for HitechC as well.

(Especially if you say your menu system is obese).

Rolf

Brent Brown wrote:
> My comments below on various replies..
>   
>   
> [snip]
> Interesting idea... so I did a quick test to try it.
> Compiling for PIC16F88 --> 3669 words (89.6% of 4096 words).
> Compiling for PIC18F1320 --> 3511 words (85.7% of 4096 words).
> Used Hi-Tech PICC and PICC-18 Compilers. Commented out about a dowzen lines 
> that wouldn;t compile without some tweaking. Not a huge difference in code size 
> although it does at least tend to confirm that 18F programs can be more size 
> efficient as one might expect.
>
> Other bit's and pieces... I'm not using floats, printf or any large data structures. My 
> menu structure is not great but not obese either. The one thing that pushed me over 
> the top was adding CRC checking for my 1 wire temperature sensors -  needed it 
> because I'm getting the occasional erroneous result. This adds about 300 program 
> words.
>
> Having made some improvements and nips/tucks in other areas I think I will keep 
> plodding along and get as much code as possible squeeezed in to my prototype(s) - 
> gotta be working by the end of this week! After that I'll have to look at a bigger 
> micro, new PCB, seems like there are a few possibilities.
>
> It's a shame I can't find anything about a PIC16F89. A couple of ICE vendors make 
> pods described as being for PIC16F87/88/89 so perhaps this is something 
> scheduled for the future, and just maybe the difference is it has larger Flash? Can't 
> help the feeling that I've read about it somewhere.
>
> Thanks all for the tips.
>   

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