Lpc2000

Hi,

There's two things going on here.

1. INT32U is being used as a short-hand for "unsigned int". There are 
two reasons I can think for defining this: (a) its quicker and 
simpler to write and, more importantly, (b) if the definition is in 
an include file, the file can be constructed or altered to suit 
different platforms. Thus on some platforms INT32U might be defined 
as "unsigned long int". Done this way, the main body of code doesn't 
have to change: if you want an unsigned 32-bit integer, you just use 
the defined type "INT32U". By the way, using upper case as a type 
name is a somewhat old practice (derived from using MACROs to define 
types before "typedef" was part of the langaue).

2. The construct "(*(INT32U *) VALUE)" is a very common way of 
enabling a constant integer value to be used as an address (i.e. 
pointer) type. The "(INT32U *) VALUE" part says "treat VALUE as 
a "pointer to an unsigned int". The extra "*" then says de-reference 
this pointer. It lets you write code like:

BSP_UNDEF_INSTRUCTION_VECTOR_ADDR = 0;

This stores the value 0 at the address 0x00000004.

A variation on this is to define a MACRO such as:

#define REG(addr) (*(volatile unsigned int *)(addr))

You can use this like:

#define VICIntEnable (0xFFFFF010)

REG(VICIntEnable) = 0x40;

Brendan

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, jk jlkj <njad2002@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Friends,
>    
>   Did anyone came accross such a code.
>    
>   INT32U is unsigned int.
>    
>   #define  BSP_UNDEF_INSTRUCTION_VECTOR_ADDR   (*(INT32U *)
0x00000004L)
>    
>   I really think this is a neat code. This is in the code given by 
ucos-ii. 
>   Isnt this similar to declaring a pointer variable.
>    
>   I am unable to understand the meaning of the type cast (*(INT32U 
*))
>    
>   Can some one please tell me what does this type cast imply.
>    
>   Regards,
>   Jerome
>    
>    
> 
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