--- William Chops Westfield wrote: > My last complaint was about: > > char g_md_buffered[9]={"", "", "", "", "", "", > "", "", ""}; Have you ever been in the situation where you think there might be a compiler bug, and write a bunch of seemingly unnecessary code, or overly clunky stuff, just to try to get a handle on what's wrong? Perhaps that code sample was from someone suspecting a preprocessor bug and it just got left like that. I wouldn't mind if my refrigerator had code like that in it, as long as the temperature was regulated properly, which it isn't. Cheerful regards, Bob -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist