I am developing an application for the PIC12C672.  If the program counter
somehow winds up pointing to an unused area of program memory, I want to
make sure the watchdog timer will time out and issue a microcontroller reset
signal.

In their literature, Microchip suggests filling the unused memory with a
'GOTO $' command.  If the program counter is corrupted, it's likely this
instruction will execute until a watchdog time-out re-initializes the
microcontroller.  Microchip suggests this can be accomplished using the
MPASM command FILL with the following syntax (assuming the last location is
3FFH):

FILL (GOTO $), (400H-$)

Does anyone know a way to fill unused program memory with an assembly 'GOTO
$' using a Hi-Tech C compiler directive?

In addition, feel free to suggest other methods of forcing a watchdog
time-out reset in the event that the program counter goes wild.

Thanks in advance,
Kevin

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