Yep, it's possible.  You would make it a bit easier on your
programming with a slight rewrite, like this:

typedef struct
{
    ...
} timer;

timer longTimer,*pLongTimer;
pLongTimer = &longTimer;  // Works

Of course, if you must, you can still use the nametag:
typedef struct tagTimer
{
    ...
} timer;



If you're converting your code from another compiler, please try to
play around with RAM scope. CC5X can do some quite nice stuff with
RAM, like:

void foo()
{
    uns8 dataA,dataB;

    dataA=12;
    dataB=45;
}
This uses 2 bytes RAM

void foo()
{
    {             // Scope start
    uns8 dataA;
    dataA=12;
    }             // Scope end
    {             // Scope start
    uns8 dataB;
    dataB=45;
    }             // Scope end
}
This uses 1 byte RAM.
When playing with structs, this can save some substantial amount of
RAM.



JF> Hi all,
JF> I have recently converted the code for my project from Hi-Tech PICC-lite to
JF> the free version of CC5X as I have need for more than the 1k of code that
JF> Hi-Tech lets you compile. (CC5X will allow me to use the full 2k of code
JF> space on my 16F628).

JF> To the problem... My Hi-Tech code used a struct and pointer to the struct as
JF> below:

JF> typedef struct timer
JF> {
JF>     int state;

JF>     unsigned int  length;
JF>     unsigned int  count;

JF> };

JF> struct timer longTimer;
JF> struct timer * pLongTimer;
JF> pLongTimer = &longTimer;

JF> CC5X fails with a compiler error on the final line. Is it possible to set up
JF> a pointer to a struct in CC5X?

JF> Thanks very much for any and all help,
JF> Regards,
JF> James Fitzsimons

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