>Perhaps the current crop of compilers have cleaned up all the issues >that annoyed me in the past, making what I do now pointless, but so be >it! :) Well, the new professional Hi-Tech PICC18 compiler claims to fix the printf bloat ... Be interesting to see some actual figures. They have a test file on their website. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist