> I got the UART_BAUD macro from piclist.com

If you are referring to my UART_BAUD macro, then you should get the real
version from http://www.embedinc.com/pic.  I don't put things at
piclist.com, so I have no idea what version somebody stuck there.  I
didn't even know it was there until now.

> and it was driving me insane.
> Since I couldn't figure out how to get MPASM to print values from macros

Just look at the listing file.  You can see all the intermediate values
stored to assembler variables.  That's how I debug these things.

> I did a lot of trial and error testing intermediate calculation values.
> FINALLY I realized that the problem was that the default base in MPASM
> isn't decimal.

Right.  I think that's totally irresponsible of Microchip.  The very first
line in STD_DEF.INS.ASPIC sets the radix to decimal for that reason.  All
the rest of my source code assumes that the radix is decimal.  I have no
interest supporting people who think that hexadecimal default is a good
idea.

> A few dozen d'...' later (including on the argument to
> the macro) and now it gets the right answer.

Much better answer is to do a RADIX DEC at the beginning of your code.
Even better, use STD_DEF.INS.ASPIC and STD.INS.ASPIC within the
environment as they were intended and everything will just work.


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