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shaunak_s
Joined: 04 Jan 2011
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| Help using #inline |
 Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:38 am |
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We are using PIC16F886 in our project and developing code in C.
Please can you let me know how to use #inline pre-processor directive? I have used it in the following fashion
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#inline
void Send_Data_Pattern( void )
{
#ifdef COMMON_ANODE
nCS0_High(); //Pin B4 nCS0 high by default
nCS1_High(); //Pin B5 nCS1 high by default
#else
nCS0_Low(); //Pin B4 nCS0 low by default
nCS1_Low(); //Pin B5 nCS1 low by default
#endif
output_c( Display_Data[Decode_Select] ); //Update the Data lines
if( Decode_Select == 1 ) {
nCS1_High(); //Pin B5 nCS1 high by default
}
else {
nCS0_High(); //Pin B4 nCS0 high by default
}
//PORTB &= ( 0xF3|Decode_Select );
Decode_Select++; //Shift to select the next display module
if( Decode_Select >= MAX_DIGITS ) {
Decode_Select = 0;
}
enable_interrupts( GLOBAL );
}
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And I get the following error
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*** Error 166 "7segment.c" Line 173(1,2): Invalid overload function Send_Data_Pattern
*** Error 28 "7segment.c" Line 179(15,16): Expecting an identifier |
Please can you help us out? Thanks very much. |
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Ttelmah
Joined: 11 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:58 am |
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Problems have little to do with #inline....
First, says you have another declaration somewhere, that differs from this one. This one could be caused by 'inline', since if you have a function prototype, the prototype, must _also_ have the inline directive.
The second, suggests that a value used in a call, is not defined 'for' this function. So I'd guess (possibly) that 'Display_Data', is not global, and is therefore not available in this function.
Really impossible to answer without seeing the definitions for everything used in this function, and the exact line numbers.
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Ttelmah
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:27 am |
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As one comment, it is _rarely_ worth using #inline.
The compiler _automatically_ 'inlines' functions, if they are small, and not called from a wide variety of diverse places. If the compiler doesn't automatically 'inline' a function, it implies it costs a lot in memory terms to have it inline. #separate, is therefore the more useful function, overriding the default behaviour, where putting the function inline, would lead to memory pages becoming overfull. Forcing 'inline', is very rarely needed.
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shaunak_s
Joined: 04 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:17 am |
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Hi Ttelmah,
Actually Display_Data is defined global but it is static to the file. Secondly, I have not used inline when defining the function prototype so that may be the cause of the problem. Anyway, I have made headways without using inline and as you have also later suggested that using inline is not of much use, I think I will go with that.
Thanks very much for all the help.
Regards,
Shaunak |
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