> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Fitzsimons [SMTP:jamesfit@PARADISE.NET.NZ]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 8:23 AM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      [PIC]:pin names as arguments in Hi-Tech C
>
> Hi all,
> I have a question about passing the name of a pin as an argument to a
> function. For example, I have a function driveservo(drivevalue, servopin)
> and I might want to pass RA0 as the value for servopin.
>
> The thing is, if I declare the function as void drvieservo(int drivevalue,
> bit servopin) the compiler throws an error. I am a bit lost as to how to
> get
> around this problem. I have tried a few hacks, but feel I am probably
> missing something here.
>
> Can anyone help out a Hi-Tech C newbie?
>
> Thanks for any and all help,
> James Fitzsimons
>
> P.S I don't think it should make any difference, but driveservo is
> declared
> in a different file (servo.c) than the file it is called from (motcont.c)
>
You cannot pass a 'bit' as an argument in HiTech.  One possible workaround
is to pass a bitmask which can be OR'd or AND'ed with the port to set or
clear a bit.

Mike

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