> I have 2 questions 1 regarding what i think is a bug in the QC25 IDE
 > the other is using "++" to inc an integer pointed to.

 > 1. [..]

Can't help with that one, sorry.

 > 2. My second problem involves incrementing a integer by reference,
 >    see code snippet below.

 > void inc_integer(int *myint);

 > int main() {

 >     int counter = 1;
 >     inc_integer(&counter);
 >     return 0;
 > }

 > void inc_integer(int *myint) {

 >     *myint++;
 >     return;
 > }

 > in the code above the offset address is shifted by 2 bytes instead of
 > the value pointed to even though i use the '*' to inc whats pointed
 > to not the pointer value, if i use "*myint+=1" all works ok it's just
 > the "++" doesn't.


Two operations are being performed here; the dereference and the increment.
If you grab your K&R2 or QC reference manual and examine the order of
precedence of operators, you'll find that increment '++' binds tighter than
'*' (dereference), so it is interpreted as:

    *(myint++);

In fact, the dereference does nothing here and would usually be discarded
causing the compiler to complain (not error) because of 'unused code'.

Try using parens:

    (*myint)++;


  cheers,
  david

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