Dynamic C compiler

Hi,

Anyone out there using the Dynamic C compiler? If so, I have a
question. Every so often I get into the situation where not #define
ing something, or some other simple minded typo (such as leaving of a
";") lands me in a compiler error message from the math library, or
some other system type library. Obviously, the problem is in one of my
modules (or libraries), but it is IMPOSSIBLE to guess which one if I
have made changes to several of them. Furthermore, there seems to be a
HUGE dependency upon WHERE #define s are placed. For the life of me, I
cannot figure out what the "rule of thumb" is for where to place
#define s. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

TIA

Bill

>For the life of me, I
>cannot figure out what the "rule of thumb" is for where to place
>#define s.

I suppose the rule of thumb is to put the defines where they need to belong. It
depends on the define itself. You might be defining something that later code
or preprocessor directives use, so it has to be before them. But maybe the
define depends on a previous symbol that is defined in some included file, so
it has to be defined after the include.

wgrigg@draper.com (Bill Grigg) wrote in news:d79d35f6.0402110953.50d2ebd8
@posting.google.com:

> Hi,
> 
> Anyone out there using the Dynamic C compiler? If so, I have a
> question. Every so often I get into the situation where not #define
> ing something, or some other simple minded typo (such as leaving of a
> ";") lands me in a compiler error message from the math library, or
> some other system type library. Obviously, the problem is in one of my
> modules (or libraries), but it is IMPOSSIBLE to guess which one if I
> have made changes to several of them. Furthermore, there seems to be a
> HUGE dependency upon WHERE #define s are placed. For the life of me, I
> cannot figure out what the "rule of thumb" is for where to place
> #define s. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 

Switch compilers?

-- 
Richard

>Hi,
>
>Anyone out there using the Dynamic C compiler? If so, I have a
>question. Every so often I get into the situation where not #define
>ing something, or some other simple minded typo (such as leaving of a
>";") lands me in a compiler error message from the math library, or
>some other system type library. Obviously, the problem is in one of my
>modules (or libraries), but it is IMPOSSIBLE to guess which one if I
>have made changes to several of them. Furthermore, there seems to be a
>HUGE dependency upon WHERE #define s are placed. For the life of me, I
>cannot figure out what the "rule of thumb" is for where to place
>#define s. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>TIA
>
>Bill

Bill

Dynamic C (asuming you talk about the Compiler from Z-World) has it's
quirks as some other compilers sometimes have. I recommend you to
change just one part of your code & compile until you know the
behaviour a bit better.

With regard to the #defines - with DynamicC you don't need to use
#ifdefs to conditionally compile code (if that's what you refer to)
since the compiler will always only link in code that is executed.
While we could argue about the compatiblity of the compiler, this is
one of it's strenghts.

If you are really desperate, try to ask this question in the
Rabbit-Semi e-mail group at yahoo.

There is also a complier from SoftTools that is fully ansi compliant
which you could give a try.

HTH

Markus

Markus Zingg <m.zingg@nct.ch> wrote in 
news:f44l2057q0c56orjrm87eun2rfst533a0f@4ax.com:

>>Hi,
>>
>>Anyone out there using the Dynamic C compiler? If so, I have a
>>question. Every so often I get into the situation where not #define
>>ing something, or some other simple minded typo (such as leaving of a
>>";") lands me in a compiler error message from the math library, or
>>some other system type library. Obviously, the problem is in one of my
>>modules (or libraries), but it is IMPOSSIBLE to guess which one if I
>>have made changes to several of them. Furthermore, there seems to be a
>>HUGE dependency upon WHERE #define s are placed. For the life of me, I
>>cannot figure out what the "rule of thumb" is for where to place
>>#define s. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Bill
> 
> Bill
> 
> Dynamic C (asuming you talk about the Compiler from Z-World) has it's
> quirks as some other compilers sometimes have. I recommend you to
> change just one part of your code & compile until you know the
> behaviour a bit better.
> 
> With regard to the #defines - with DynamicC you don't need to use
> #ifdefs to conditionally compile code (if that's what you refer to)
> since the compiler will always only link in code that is executed.
> While we could argue about the compatiblity of the compiler, this is
> one of it's strenghts.
> 
> If you are really desperate, try to ask this question in the
> Rabbit-Semi e-mail group at yahoo.
> 
> There is also a complier from SoftTools that is fully ansi compliant
> which you could give a try.
> 

I have used SoftTools products in the past, and, it has been a while, 
but, based on my experience with them, I would highly recomend using 
them.  Their tech support was top notch.  Their response time, and turn 
around time on fixing a real issue with their products was very low.

-- 
Richard