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RE: [avr-libc-dev] FAQ: 20:Why does the compiler compile..
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Weddington, Eric |
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RE: [avr-libc-dev] FAQ: 20:Why does the compiler compile.. |
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Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:01:46 -0700 |
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> Subject: Re: [avr-libc-dev] FAQ: 20:Why does the compiler compile..
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> As Weddington, Eric wrote:
>
> > Could you elaborate on your question?
>
> The FAQ explains that you'd have to make special arrangement to
> convince the compiler to generate an 8-bit only instruction sequence,
> while the compiler apparently is smart enough now to figure that out
> by itself.
>
> It would be cool if someone could find out which minimum compiler
> version is needed so we could add that to the FAQ entry.
It would be even better if we had a test case that tried out various
combinations of C code to make sure that it generated smaller code across all
cases.