Re: XC8 novice question

From	Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.arch.embedded
Subject	Re: XC8 novice question
Date	2016-09-11 13:15 -0700
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On 9/11/2016 7:58 AM, David Brown wrote:
> Well, clearly he needs to pick a better name for his "variable".  I don't know
> if he just picked a bad name, or if he is confused about variables and constants.
>
> But if "my_variable" is declared as a "const", then writing "my_variable = 7"
> will give a compile-time error just as surely as it would with a pre-processor
> symbol.

Yes, but IME much easier to see whay you've done wrong (looking at the
cpp(1) output).

Similar to writing:
     if (4 == count)...
instead of:
     if (count == 4)...

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XC8 novice question rwood <rwoodl@nowhere.com> - 2016-09-11 15:02 +0800
  Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-11 02:55 -0700
    Re: XC8 novice question rwood <rwoodl@nowhere.com> - 2016-09-11 18:25 +0800
      Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-11 13:35 +0200
        Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-11 07:32 -0700
          Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-11 16:58 +0200
            Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-11 13:15 -0700
              Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 08:55 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-12 02:41 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question Mike Perkins <spam@spam.com> - 2016-09-12 13:16 +0100
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 14:56 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Mike Perkins <spam@spam.com> - 2016-09-12 14:33 +0100
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 16:11 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-09-12 07:50 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 22:23 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2016-09-12 15:34 -0500
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-12 08:44 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 14:35 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-12 08:19 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 23:11 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Dennis <dennis@none.none> - 2016-09-12 17:04 -0500
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-12 22:49 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-13 09:04 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2016-09-13 00:16 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-12 21:22 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-13 12:25 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Dennis <dennis@none.none> - 2016-09-13 10:22 -0500
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-13 20:08 +0200
            Re: XC8 novice question rwood <rwoodl@nowhere.com> - 2016-09-12 16:50 +0800
          Re: XC8 novice question Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-09-11 17:13 +0100
            Re: XC8 novice question Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-09-11 17:19 +0100
              Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 09:00 +0200
      Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-11 07:28 -0700
    Re: XC8 novice question upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-09-11 13:56 +0300
      Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-11 13:28 +0200
      Re: XC8 novice question Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2016-09-11 13:36 +0200
        Re: XC8 novice question upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-09-11 16:14 +0300
          Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-11 07:57 -0700
          Re: XC8 novice question Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2016-09-12 22:52 +0200
            Re: XC8 novice question upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-09-13 10:11 +0300
              Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-13 01:11 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-09-13 13:24 +0300
                Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-13 12:39 +0200
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-13 15:41 -0700
                Re: XC8 novice question upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-09-14 09:07 +0300
                Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-13 23:29 -0700
      Re: XC8 novice question Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-09-11 07:50 -0700
  Re: XC8 novice question Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2016-09-11 13:42 +0200
  Re: XC8 novice question Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2016-09-11 20:14 -0500
  Re: XC8 novice question rwood <rwoodl@nowhere.com> - 2016-09-12 16:54 +0800
    Re: XC8 novice question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-12 11:05 +0200
      Re: XC8 novice question rwood <rwoodl@nowhere.com> - 2016-09-12 18:48 +0800
  Re: XC8 novice question John Temples <usenet@xargs-spam.com> - 2016-09-12 17:33 +0000

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