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Small Device C Compiler 2.9.0 released

A new release of SDCC, the portable optimizing compiler for 8051, DS390, Z80, HC08, and PIC microprocessors is now available (http://sdcc.sourceforge.net). Sources, documentation and binaries compiled for x86 Linux, x86 MS Windows and PPC Mac OS X are available.

SDCC 2.9.0 Feature List:

* sdcpp synchronized with GNU cpp 4.3.3
* Integer constants written in binary (prefix 0b or 0B, followed by a sequence of 0 and 1digits) are now supported as a SDCC extension.
* pic16 *printf() library functions return int
* disabled support of undocumented and not standard compliant 'b' binary format specifier ("%b", "%hb" and "%lb") in pic16 *printf() and printf_tiny() library functions
* fixed initialization of unnamed bitfields members of objects of structure and union type
* many optimizations to reduce code size and increase speed in the Z80 backend
* added support for ar format libraries to adcc asxxxx
* libraries, included in sdcc packages, are in ar format
* sdcc asxxxx license changed to GPLv3
* added support for many PIC16 devices

Numerous feature requests and bug fixes are included as well.

You can download the release from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=599

Posted by Borut Ražem 2009-03-22

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