Re: [Mspgcc-users] Code generation question

[Grant E. <gr...@vi...>]

On 2006-06-30, Grant Edwards <gr...@vi...> wrote:
> On 2006-06-30, David Brown <da...@we...> wrote:
>
>> Just for fun, I tried compiling the code with "two" changed to an unsigned
>> char.  My mps430 compiler (3.2.3) then gives
>>
>>     mov.b &P6IN, r15
>>     rla.b r15
>>     mov.b r15, &two
>>     ret
>>
>> In other words, it makes the same mistake you did and
>> disregards the "volatile" qualifier.  This is far more serious
>> than the original question - it is incorrect code, rather than
>> just inefficient code.
>
> Yow! That is pretty scary.  

Rather than just complaining, I should try to fix it.  Is this
something that could be fixed by somebody like me who's only
done minor hacking on GCC?

I see that there are several more recent versions of mspgcc in
CVS.  Are any of the newer ones ready for production use?  If
not, is 3.2.3 still being maintained?

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