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Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error

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On 09/04/17 14:52, Peabody wrote:
> David Brown says...
>
>  > For a completely different solution, you could look at
>  > the Python BSD program.  It has been a while since I
>  > used it myself, but its immediate advantages for you
>  > over the C code here are:
>
>  > 1. It is in Python, not C, so making a small change is
>  > easy.  It is far easier to make a small change in a
>  > Python program when you don't know Python, than a small
>  > change in a C program when you don't know C.
>
>  > 2. It already supports inverting the DTR line.
>
>  > <http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Open_Source_Pro
>  > jects_-_MSP430#Pytho n_BSL_Module>
>
> Yes, I saw that.  But whatever I end up with may be used by
> other civilians like me who don't necessarily have Python
> installed on their computers.  Or Java.
>

Java always seems makes life more complicated - people have to have the 
right Java versions installed.  I don't know why you bring that up here 
- there may be Java implementations of the BSL protocol, but Java is not 
any easier than C for making quick modifications.

But it's usually a very simple matter to install Python.  I don't know 
if you are interested only in Windows here, or also Linux - but any 
Linux system will have Python already.  And if you want to make a 
standalone exe file from Python, there are plenty of tools for that. 
"py2exe" will combine your Python code with the minimal Python libraries 
needed to interpret it.  I have used the msp430 BSL Python code along 
with my own project-specific Python code, and packaged it up as an exe 
file for Windows users - it is typically a couple of MB.

I find C an excellent language for its purpose - and use it extensively 
at work (such as for programming msp430 devices).  But for a task such 
as this, involving reading, parsing and manipulating text files such as 
the program files here, a high level language makes life much, much easier.


> They will have to have a USB-to-Serial driver installed, but
> otherwise just the exe.
>
>

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Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Peabody <waybackNO584SPAM44@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-08 08:07 -0500
  Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-08 10:47 -0400
    Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Peabody <waybackNO584SPAM44@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-08 12:51 -0500
      Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-04-08 20:03 +0100
      Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2017-04-08 19:06 +0000
      Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-08 15:17 -0400
  Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2017-04-08 15:29 +0000
  Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2017-04-08 09:21 -0700
    Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Peabody <waybackNO584SPAM44@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-08 13:04 -0500
      Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-08 15:33 -0400
        Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2017-04-08 19:51 +0000
        Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Peabody <waybackNO584SPAM44@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-08 16:24 -0500
    Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-08 18:45 -0700
  Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-08 17:46 +0100
    Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Peabody <waybackNO584SPAM44@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-08 13:19 -0500
  Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-09 12:38 +0200
    Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Peabody <waybackNO584SPAM44@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-09 07:52 -0500
      Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-09 17:02 +0200
        Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Peabody <waybackNO584SPAM44@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-09 18:20 -0500
          Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-09 22:06 -0400
          Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-10 09:07 +0200
            Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Peabody <waybackNO584SPAM44@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-10 09:11 -0500
              Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-10 17:31 +0200
                Re: Need help fixing a "previously defined" error Peabody <waybackNO584SPAM44@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-10 12:48 -0500

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