G'Day John,
 
-=> Quoting John Gardeniers to Frank Adam <=-
 
Sorry about the late response.. 
                                
 JG> physically the same.  regs.h is simply using a part of regs.x, thus
 JG> making it a union which is made to look like two structures.  I'll
 JG> bet *that* cleared it up :) 
Yes, it is starting to click somewhat. 
 
 FA> Because although i can read some assembly , i'm not at all comfortable
 FA> writing them.
 JG> So, you were born with a complete knowledge of C? If you can
Wasn't everyone  ? :-)

 JG> start.  I have what amounts to a very good book on disk if you ever
 JG> decide to give it a go and need any help.
Thanks, i'll keep that in mind, at this moment i have enough problems
trying to get to terms with C, a drawback of learning it by trial and 
error only. I think i can write fair programs, but i still don't know
anywhere near well how the compiler works, why some things were made to 
work in a particular way. To me that's like driving a car and not 
knowing how it works and what makes it go.
 
 JG> Only if it does it satisfactorily.  How many times have you had
 JG> trouble tracking down a bug, only to find it was some quirk of the
 JG> compiler, not your coding? It's sure happened to me a few times.
To be strictly honest, not that i can remember. i do  have all warnings 
enabled, and as a habit eradicate all of them, even if they're absurd. 
Other than that, it's normally a logical error in the code on my part. 
Perhaps TC2 is just a great compiler..:-) 
 
 FA> There is also something about it not being ISO, and i believe
 FA> i've heard that certain compilers don't support inline asm. (??)
 JG> In-line assembly was one of the very first thing specified in
 JG> the original draft of C. It's a vital part of the language and all
 JG> compilers must support it.  One of C's strongest features is it's
Yes you're right, i did a search, it does get a 4 or 5 line mention in 
the current draft.


  L8r Frank (fadam{at}ozemail.com.au).
  

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