>When I used debug mode, and tried to single-step, etc. the pointer
>just stayed put.  Don't know if this is because it wasn't the
>microchip C compiler - it was CC8E, but the debugging functions seemed
>quite useless without seeing where it was going

I suspect what you see here is the same effect as you get using macros in
ASM. The debug pointer cannot keep track through the macro, and leaves the
pointer on the first line of the code, because that is where the source line
points to. The pointer does not step until you go into the next source code
line, and then it moves the whole dose of code generated by the macro you
have just stepped through.

The C code statements get treated like ASM macros I believe. It is
definitely an area where MPLAB needs an update.

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