Re: [avrdude-dev] Translating pin numbers to names

[Weddington, Eric]

Well it sounds like it would be useful!

I don't know how it should be organized. Joerg Wunsch might have some input on 
that.

Eric

> -----Original Message-----
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> Hannes Weisbach
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:23 PM
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> Subject: [avrdude-dev] Translating pin numbers to names
> 
> Hello there,
> 
> I am (still) currently cleaning up avrftdi. As a part of that, I implemented
> better error/status messages, for example when configuring pins. Instead of
> some hexnumbers and bitmasks, the user now gets a textual description of what
> went wrong with which pin.
> To do that, I want textual representations for the pins used by avrdude,
> defined in pindefs.h. Right now I am using an array containing string names,
> located in avrftdi.c. However, similar (but limited, i.e. not complete)
> functionality is implemented in avrpart.c:577, namely static char*
> pin_name(int);.
> Unfortunately, as the declaration says, this function is not in global scope.
> So my question is if there is interest in adding such a function (turning pin
> number into string names) to avrdude and if so, in which file should it be
> placed best?
> I volunteer to make the changes and submit a patch, if there is interest;
> otherwise I will keep my name translation local to avrftdi.c.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Hannes Weisbach
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