Hello all,

I started using the Hi-Tech C compiler a couple of weeks ago. In general
it seems like a very good product, but I have a couple of questions and
I'm hoping someone else with more experience can give me a hand.

1) In some of the examples in the manual, global variables are declared
as static. This appears redundant. Is there a reason?

2) In the FAQ example of an ISR function. The function itself is defined
as static. What is a static function?

3) In the code I am working on, I have declared a global variable of
type 'bit'. This bit is declared in the main C source file. This bit is
set in an ISR function (which is defined in another C   source file,
which is part of my project). The bit is checked in the main() part of
the program. By using an emulator I can verify that the ISR is being
executed, but the bit is not being set, so the main() program does not
respond accordingly. If I change the declaration from bit to char, the
code works properly. Any ideas?

Brad Stevenson, CET
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