Declaring Pascal-style strings in C

Question

In C, is there a good way to define length first, Pascal-style strings as constants, so they can be placed in ROM? (I\'m working with a small embedded system with a non-GCC

Answer 1

You can still use a const char * literal and an escape sequence as its first character that indicates the length:

const char *pascal_string = "\x03foo";

It will still be null-terminated, but that probably doesn't matter.