> any reasonably decent optimizing compiler will only call the function once Anyone know of a compiler that does this for functions like strchr? -- Richard -- Richard Tobin, JANET: R.Tobin at uk.ac.ed AI Applications Institute, ARPA: R.Tobin%uk.ac.ed at nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Edinburgh University. UUCP: ...!ukc!ed.ac.uk!R.Tobin