Jwan, 

> The compiler will not complain about the too long
array. Does 
> this mean it does not check it and will
> a) work correctly

It will work correctly, thanks to 2s complement arithmetic.

> b) work not correctly above the 32767 limit?

In this case, it will.

> c) work not correct at all?

No, it'll work.  I'll change the compiler to be less officious.

--
Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd http://www.rowley.co.uk
CrossWorks for MSP430, ARM, and (soon) Atmel AVR processors 

Paul,

> >  Hence, you cannor have an array with more 
> than
> > 32767 elements on an MSP430.
> 
> Ok, I did not know about this limit set by the ANSI standard.
> Also, I must have had a typo somewhere at the end of a constant 
> placement. The initialized structs are all in place now.
> 
> I tried to compile two different things:
> 
> #pragma zeroedseg("FLASHDATA")
> const signed long flash_array[10000];
> #pragma zeroedseg(default)
> 
> this should require 40000 byte as size of long is 4. The compiler 
does 
> this without any complaint.
> 
> #pragma zeroedseg("FLASHDATA")
> const struct {
> const unsigned char   name[6];
> const unsigned char   recordingMode;
> const unsigned char   recordedVariable;
> const unsigned short  switchConfig;
> const   signed short  voltageA;
> const   signed short  voltageB;
> const unsigned short  dataLength;
> const   signed long   data[10000];
> } dataFile;
> #pragma zeroedseg(default)
> 
> this will produce the error:
> "size of 'struct 5' too big"
> 
> I can see that the index within the struct exceeds 32767 bytes. The 
> single array does so as well!?!

The compiler will not complain about the too long array. Does this 
mean it does not check it and will
a) work correctly
b) work not correctly above the 32767 limit?
c) work not correct at all?

Thanks in advance!
-Jean-

Thanks a lot, Paul!
Right now I am using @ to place the variables at specific addresses 
and keep a segment of the same size to reserve the space in flash. 
This way I know exactly where and it which order I can find the 
variables at runtime.

Regards,
-Jean-

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