Getting binary data linked into an executable

[Michael Vannorsdel]

This is true; even though your data is in the binary image, it will  
still take file I/O to get it into memory either at launch or when the  
data is accessed.  There's no way that I know that you can avoid file  
I/O unless you can build the data array using immediate loads and bit  
ops (probably via assembly) and storing each element to memory.  In  
essence, build the data array programatically at runtime.


On Jun 3, 2008, at 3:17 AM, James Montgomerie wrote:

> Perhaps I'm taking you too literally here and therefore stating the  
> obvious, but if it's latency you're worried about, just because it's  
> in the data section of the executable it doesn't mean that the disk  
> will not be accessed to get it.  The VM system may not page in from  
> disk the pages containing your data until they're actually accessed  
> by your code.