[A86] Re: SDCC v2.3.0

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: [A86] Re: SDCC v2.3.0
From: rabidcow@juno.com
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 09:21:49 -0700
Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org



On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 15:24:23 +0200 "Henk Poley" <HPoley@DDS.nl> writes:
> 
> > Van: David Phillips <david@acz.org>
> > See, that's the problem with compilers.  If you look at modern day
> > compilers, things like the "register" keyword are obsolete.  
> Watcom was
> > like that, and I'd think gcc is the same way.  There is no 
> "inline"
> > keyword in C (did they add that in C99?), only C++. But it 
> shouldn't be
> > needed.
> 
> I think it IS needed. When you state that a routine should/could be
> inlined, you also know that it can't be sure if you can call the 
> routine
> from the 'outside' (assembly routines, etc.). Normal (non-inline) 
> routines
> can always be called. At least on Z80 (!), for example on some other
> targets of SDCC you then need to specify that the routine is 
> reentrant.

Doesn't extern guarantee that a non-inline version of the routine will
exist?

If not, sounds like something similar to volatile (essentially opposite
of register) should exist for functions.

-josh
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[A86] Re: SDCC v2.3.0

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