Pointers, functions pointers, etc in CC65 for Lynx.

[CabaretVoltaire]

Does CC65 support pointers?

 

I have a line:

 

int (*opcodes[17])(unsigned *);

 

Which works in compilers for other platforms fine but gives me a syntax error in CC65. Also having data types for function arguement returns a syntax error too.

 

Eg:

 

int function(int *variable) or int function(int variable) errors but:

 

function(variable) works

 

 

Am I using an outdated version of the compiler or is it really this limited?

 

Thanks

[Shawn Jefferson]

I can't answer your questions but I can tell you that there is a mailing list for questions like this and Ullrich himself can answer them for you. As far as I'm concerned, these guys know their stuff inside and out.

 

http://www.cc65.org/

[Shawn Jefferson]

Oh, I just read your other message in this base... the version of cc65 you are using is not support by Ullrich von Bassewitz or http://www.cc65.org/ since it is a special port of an old version specifically for lynx development.

 

I also think that it only supports K&R syntax, not ANSI syntax. There are some projects in the works to get a lynx library going for the supported, cross platform CC65 from cc65.org. I started one, but got sidetracked... besides their are smarter men than me working on it already.

 

HTH.

[CabaretVoltaire]

I've messed around with it a bit and looked through some of the examples to get a feel of the syntax and have got around the problem:

 

//create a function

int return_a_number(number)

int number;

{

return number;

}

 

//create an array of function pointers

int (*func_ptr[1])(number);

 

 

//set a pointer like:

func_ptr[0] = (int (*)())return_a_number;

 

//call the function like:

an_integer = (*func_ptr[0])(5);

 

 

Seems to work fine

 

Thanks for your help