RE: [avr-gcc-list] Data Array alignment

[Trampas]

Yes, I have used some "C compilers" which did not follow the C99 standard.
Thus technically they may not be a C compiler. The compiler was for a PIC
processor, specifically it was the CCS compiler. 

I did switch to the Microchip C18 compiler, but it was very buggy. I finally
switched to GCC and AVR and will never go back. 

I guess I can migrate to using the uint8_t in the future. Then if the
compiler does not meet standard I can define these types myself. 

Trampas
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Galen Seitz [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 12:42 PM
To: Trampas
Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden
Subject: Re: [avr-gcc-list] Data Array alignment

Trampas <address@hidden> wrote:

> I always create my own typedefs, I have been bitten before where a
compiler
> does things funny with variable types. For example is a char a signed or
> unsigned value. Thus by defining my own typedefs I just eliminate all
these
> problems and make the code the easier to port. 

uint8_t is part of the C99 standard.  These data types were created in
order to avoid just the sort of problems you are describing.  See stdint.h.

galen