Sorry, the 'word' type means 'unsigned integer'. I have a header that defines 'word'. :-)
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Royce Pereira <royc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I found that this does not throw an error: > > const word pgtmp_msg[] PROGMEM = > { ptmpUP_msg, ptmpDN_msg, ptmpCLG_msg,} ; > > but it does give a warning: > > warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast > [enabled by default] > { ptmpUP_msg, ptmpDN_msg, ptmpCLG_msg,}; > ^ > Is there a proper way of doing this, now that the libc example too is > inaccurate ? > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Royce Pereira <royc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Francois, >> >> No, that does not work. >> >> In fact, it was *exactly* what i was using before (which was not as >> per the libc examples). >> >> But it gave a similar error, so i tried following the libc example exactly. >> >> But still no luck. >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Francois Lorrain >> <francois.lorr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Newer version of gcc have changed the progmem behaviour, it cannot be >>> applied to typedef anymore if I remember well. >>> >>> const char * pgtmp_msg[] should solve your issue >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Francois >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Royce Pereira <royc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I recently updated WinAVR to a newer version of the AVR-GCC toolchain, >>>> downloaded from the Atmel site. >>>> >>>> My version is this: >>>> >>>> avr-gcc (AVR_8_bit_GNU_Toolchain_3.4.3_1072) 4.8.1 >>>> >>>> My code was compiling without errors before, but with this version, it >>>> is giving errors in spite of following the instructions in the faq >>>> section of the avr-libc document. >>>> //--------------------------------------------- >>>> #include <avr/io.h> >>>> #include <avr/pgmspace.h> >>>> >>>> const char ptmpUP_msg[] PROGMEM = "Upper Temp" ; >>>> const char ptmpDN_msg[] PROGMEM = "Lower Temp" ; >>>> const char ptmpCLG_msg[] PROGMEM = "Chiller Temp" ; >>>> >>>> PGM_P pgtmp_msg[] PROGMEM = >>>> { ptmpUP_msg, ptmpDN_msg, ptmpCLG_msg,} ; >>>> >>>> //------------------------------------------------------ >>>> The above code gives the following error: >>>> >>>> error: variable 'pgtmp_msg' must be const in order to be put into >>>> read-only section by means of '__attribute__((progmem))' >>>> //----------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> But I have followed the avr-libc example exactly. >>>> So why is this error thrown and whats the correct way to do this ? >>>> >>>> Thank You. >>>> -- >>>> Best Regards, >>>> >>>> -- Royce Pereira >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> AVR-GCC-list mailing list >>>> AVR-GCC-list@nongnu.org >>>> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-gcc-list >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> >> -- Royce Pereira > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > -- Royce Pereira -- Best Regards, -- Royce Pereira _______________________________________________ AVR-GCC-list mailing list AVR-GCC-list@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-gcc-list