On Tue, 6 Jul 2010, Justin Richards wrote:

> extern volatile near unsigned char       LATG;
>
> Ideally I would like reference registers by address something like this
>
>     char  *addr;    //create a pointer that points to registers

Start by declaring the pointer to be the same type as the thing you're
trying to point to:

volatile near unsigned char *addr;

>    addr = 0x0F8F; //location of LATG

Why do you want to have the addresses of registers hard-coded when
the compiler already provides them for you?  If you need a pointer to
the register, take its address just like any other object:

addr = &LATG;

> C:\MPLAB\MyMCHPTCP\src\pom_HTTPExecCmd.c:200:Error [1131] type mismatch in
> assignment
>
>    addr = 0x0F8F; //location of LATG

That's the compiler telling you that what you're trying to do is a bad
idea.  It can be done, but why do you want to do it?

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