AVR-Chat

> Hi Dave, first it's not a pointer you are using in your code... It's an
> index into the array. A pointer is an address of something, like you'd
> use xh:xl for in asm. You need 16 bits for a pointer as it can address
> the whole of the memory.

Sorry, said pointer, meant index..


> You should be able to use a char as the index into your array, how are
> you defining it and what happens?

I get warnings from the compiler
I really dislike warnings.
The warning tells me that I'm using a char, which of course I already know..
Is there something bad/wrong/inappropriate in using an unsigned char this way?
I could see problems with using a SIGNED char.. That could be entertaining.
(and a fun way to obsfucate code...)

> I share your pain when you look at what the compiler's done, compared to
> how you can do it in asm. You just have to breathe deeply and let it go.
> If you're really strapped for execution time, you can write bits of it
> in asm.

And they told me and told me that C is can generate code that's "just
as good" as a human..
I thought they meant some non-random human...

:)

> Don't even think about trying to use part of a byte as a variable and
> part for flags. You can do it, but it starts to negate all the reasons
> for writing in C in the first place.

Why?

I might be using the wrong terms here, but it seems to me like just
another sort of struct.