Re: AW: AW: [avr-gcc-list] Compiler error

[E. Weddington]

Mark E. Scott Jr. wrote:

> The compiler I used for the PIC processor had two memory modes, small
> and large, and had a compiler option that I could also specify whether
> pointers were 16 or 24 bit.  It would also use a bit of the pointer to
> indicate whether the data was in ROM or RAM, for things like passing
> const strings.
>
>  

Unfortunately, those kinds of comparisons aren't very fruitful. Yes, 
technically, 24-bit pointers could be implemented on any compiler (even 
for PIC ;-)), but the reality of dealing with GCC's design may show that 
it could be difficult to implement on GCC, not because of the AVR port 
specifically, but in working on the common subsystems.

Eric