Re: [avr-gcc-list] Help, Compiler ignores some part of the function!

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 08:50, MuRaT KaRaDeNiZ wrote:
> Using WinAVR-20050214, I try to compile the following function, but the
> section between [BOOKMARK1] and [BOOKMARK2] does not get compiled
> without any error indication. İ checked the routine in the .lst file,
> this section is not compiled to assembly. The rest is there. What is
> wrong?

It is being optimised away.
The variable 'controller' has no effect because the last line of the function 
is commented out.

Also, the formatting is fairly hard to read. A good convention is to make 
#defines all upper case so that you can easily distinguish them.

The preprocessor supports #else too, so you should probably do stuff like..

#ifdef USE_INTERNAL_ENCODER_CONSTS //destinationVertical given in angles at the 
final moving axis
ErrorVertical = error = ( DestinationVertical / enc1_constant ) - encoder;
#else //destinationVertical given in encoder ticks at the motor encoder for the 
same final motion
ErrorVertical = error = DestinationVertical - encoder; 
#endif

If you are going to paste code and error messages and your email client
insists on wrapping them, please send them as attachments. That way they
are _much_ easier to read.

Another style issue - if your function takes no arguments you should 
declare it like..

void Foo(void)
{
..
}

Some indenting makes things [a lot] easier to read, eg..
if (foo) {
    abc;
    def;
} else {
    bar;
    baz;
}

If you wish to comment out a block of code it is safer to use '#if 0' as 
you don't get any problems with nested comments.

I'm not sure if you're compiling with -Wall, but that is almost always 
a good idea as the compiler will usually tell you when you make mistakes
even if it feels like it's being too picky :)

-- 
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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