Re: [AnyC-devel] A little bit of overall documentation

[Daniel W. <dan...@ro...>]

> > > Are static local variables also included in the fixed global
> > > memory?
> >
> >   I think so, although I'm not sure if they are in there yet.  Is
> > that the way it is normally done?
>
> Well, they must maintain their state throughout the execution of the
> program.  That means they must have their own storage location.  All
> of the non-automatic storage locations, including globals and
> statics, must be initialized to zero.

  I think I was assuming that all non-automatic variables would be alloca=
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at the start of memory, before the heap.  I didn't realize non-automatic=20
variables were initialized to zero...
  It would be nice to put literals in the code memory to save space in th=
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data memory.  I think I remember this being possible with PICs...

> Do you know what needs done yet?  It would be cool if you could think
> of a few coding tasks to let me familiarize myself more with your
> code.

  I think I'm going to have to sit down with the code more before I can t=
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where to go next.  Right now the main thing is getting the grammar correc=
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although a lot of ANSI C has not even been started, such as structures.  =
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you familiar with yacc?  I doubt if my grammar is even close to correct r=
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now...=20

> Do you want to integrate what you said to me in your last e-mail into
> the doc, or should I do that?  I think perhaps it would be a good
> idea to watch for interesting information in our e-mails and add that
> to the docs as necsessary.

  It is fine if you want to add it, or I will get to it eventually if not=
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think my efforts should stay in documentation for a while.  That would he=
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my understanding as well.