Dot (.) Operator, Bits Versus Struct Or Union

[JorgeF 0]

Hi

 

I'm not exactly sure if it is a bug or a feature but the BoostC compiler report an "unexpected '.' operator" when its used to access a bit in the same expression with the '.' operator for accesing a struct or union field.

 

Sample:

 

.
.
// Type definition
typedef union
		{
		BYTE	Buffer[i2C_EXEC_BUFLEN];
		struct
			{
			BYTE	State;
			BYTE	Adc_Res;
			BYTE	Seconds;
			BYTE	Comm_Status;
			BYTE	Exec_04;
			BYTE	Exec_05;			// False interrupt INTCON
			BYTE	Exec_06;			// False interrupt PIR1
			BYTE	Version;
			} Fields;
		} EXEC_DATA;
.
.
.
// Variable declaration
EXEC_DATA  Executive_Data;
.
.
.
// Statement
Executive_Data.Fields.Comm_Status.0 = portc.7;			 // ********* ERROR ********


// ************** COMPILER MESSAGE *********************
"C:\Program Files\SourceBoost\boostc_pic16.exe" -t PIC16F886  -idx 1 -obj Debug -d _DEBUG Adc.c PKSD_JF.c Interrupt.c Globals.c Rtcc.c I2C.c Executive.c Pksi.c

BoostC Optimizing C Compiler Version 7.05 (for PIC16 architecture)
[url="http://www.sourceboost.com"]http://www.sourceboost.com[/url]
Copyright© 2004-2011 Pavel Baranov
Copyright© 2004-2011 David Hobday

Licensed to António Ferreira under Single user Pro License for 2 node(s)
Limitations: PIC12,PIC16 max code size:Unlimited, max RAM banks:Unlimited


Adc.c
PKSD_JF.c
<C:\Program Files\SourceBoost\include\icd3.h> @ 20: MESSAGE: "Including ICD3 declarations (icd3.h)"
<C:\Program Files\SourceBoost\include\icd3.h> @ 1230: MESSAGE: "Warning: ICD3 Reserved ROM address range:0x1F00-0x1FFF (use linker -rt option)"
Interrupt.c
Globals.c
Rtcc.c
I2C.c
Executive.c
Pksi.c

failure
Pksi.c(16:35): error: unexpected '.' operator after 'Comm_Status'
Pksi.c(16:2): error: failed to generate expression
Pksi.c(16:2): error: invalid operand 'Executive_Data.Fields.Comm_Status.0'
Pksi.c(16:38): error: failed to generate expression
Failed to locate output file 'Debug\Pksi.obj'
Done

Failed

 

 

 

Best regards

 

Jorge

Edited March 24, 2012 by JorgeF