Re: [avr-gcc-list] generic queue library for AVR GCC?

[Bruce D. Lightner]

address@hidden wrote:

> Bruce is beating that poor dead horse with a wet noodle. ;)
>
>    Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:47:42 -0600
>    From: Andy Warner <address@hidden>
>    To: "Bruce D. Lightner" <address@hidden>
>    Subject: Re: [avr-gcc-list] generic queue library for AVR GCC?
>    Cc: address@hidden
>
>    Bruce D. Lightner wrote:
>    > [...]
>    > You all of course know that "," can be used in place of ";" to
>    > separate C statements.  Therefore we can make a minor change to
>    > the first macro definition...
>    > [...]
>    >       #define begin_critical_section()  SREG, cli()
>    >       #define end_critical_section(val) SREG = val
>    >       ....
>    >       {
>    >           unsigned char sreg = begin_critical_section();
>
>    Is that going to work the way you expect it to ?
>
>    I understood that the comma operator returns the type and
>    value of the rightmost statement (which will be cli()
>    in this example.)
>    -- 
>    address@hidden
>
>    Andy Warne  Voice: (612) 801-8549    Fax: (208) 575-5634

Well put!  Those in the IC design (*and* programming) busines know
the following Natural Law *aways* applies...

  If you don't test it, it won't work! (Guaranteed.)

I'm a clone for not testing...and should be beat with my own
"wet noodle". :-)

Best regards,

Bruce

P.S.- I applaud Eric Weddington for his restraint in commenting
on the posts about using Java constructs!

  Now can somebody develop a Java run-time library to use on
  the 8-bit AVR, so we can use GCJ <http://gcc.gnu.org/java/>
  to compile Java to native AVR machine code? :-)

I know that we embedded 8-bit microcontroller programmers are
clamoring to switch to Java!  I just know in my heart that our
code will be "better", and also smaller!  :-)

BTW: I hope that he really *wasn't* serious!

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