I am using the demo version of this so I don't have an elaborate help
section that I know of at this time.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John W. Temples [SMTP:john@KUWAIT.NET]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 5:00 PM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Byte Craft (MPLABC)  to HITECH C compiler
>
> On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, John Bellini wrote:
>
> > How do you redefine the following from Byte Craft C compiler to
> HITECH?
> > The HITECH C compiler keeps giving me a "constant expression
> required"
> > error.
> >
> > char val[10] @ string[32];      // note this resides within string[]
> > char val2[7] @ string[42];      // saved string for 2 variable
> displays
>
> I would imagine you could do this using proper C with the Hi-Tech
> compiler by using a union.  The Hi-Tech compiler uses "@" to locate
> variables at specific hardware addresses; that's why you're getting
> the
> "constant expected" error -- it's looking for a physical memory
> address.
>
> > It also does not like this sort of definition.
> > bits special;                   // special handling, bank max.
> > bits system_flags1;             // system flags
> > bits system_flags2;             // system flags
>
> Look at Hi-Tech's "bit" type.
>
> > I looked at the help section but there is not much about what you
> can
> > and cannot do in regards to C syntax.
>
> All of the above is documented in the manual that's on the CD in the
> "Features and Runtime Environment" section.
>
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