Dear Tjaart,

>> Hi PIC fans,
>>
>> I'm also suffering from several MPLAB-C bugs! But is there a better solution
>> than MPLAB-C available, that is a  R E L E A S E D  C-compiler with
>> sufficient
>>   - code-efficiency,
>>   - mixing C and ASM,
>>   - HLL-debugging support?
>
>Try this :
>Sit down and pour yourself a stiff one.
>Import your list file into a word proc package. Do a word count on bsf
>3.5, and bcf 3.5
>I get up to 20% of my precious code space littered with RAM switching.
>SIS! YUCK!

I've had the same problem and I got a hint from microchip.
If you (almost) only need bank0 try:
#pragma   option   j7

This suppresses all the unnecessary bsf 3.5, and bcf 3.5! But ....
You then have to take care of the Bits RP0, RP1 by yourself (for accessing
TRIS-Registers and so on)!

Nevertheless it's a nice workaround; but using the option j7 the compiler seems
to get stuck sometimes.

Regards,
Marc Schmaeche

ZAM-AZN
Am Weichselgarten 7
91058 Erlangen (Germany)
E-mail: ms@zam.nf.fh-nuernberg.de (Ger/Eng/Spa welcome)