It is always good to have a close look what ends up in a microcontroller FLASH memory. For example using EHEP Eclipse plugin to inspect the binary file:

Source File Name in Binary Image

Obviously it has path and source file information in it. Why is that? And is this really needed?

What about:

• Privacy: the path or file name might expose information (secret project name?) or might be used for reverse engineering?
• Size: The strings add up to the final data/FLASH size, so this increases the need for ROM space?

So let’s have a look what is the reason for this and how it could be avoided or at least reduced.

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