Hi Rob, I registered the issue as an enhancement request for the compiler: https://github.com/jallib/jalv2compiler/issues/7
I am not comfortable enough at this moment making such a change to the compiler but at least by registering it is not forgotten. Kind regards, Rob On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 11:46:18 AM UTC+1, RobH wrote: > > > Hi Rob, > > On 2019/01/28 22:58, Rob Jansen wrote: > > > I need a large array for one of my applications and ran into the large > array library which does exactly what I need. I am using a PIC16F1976 and I > constantly ran out of data memory, even when defining an array of 200 bytes. > > I had a look at the source code and I expect that this is caused by the > fact that you define smaller arrays of 256 bytes but the PIC16F1976 does > not have banks of that size but banks of at most 80 bytes. > > Should I make a new large array library or should I try to adapt the > current libraries so that they also work for chips that have banks of 80 > bytes, so arrays of 64 bytes would be the easiest to work with. > > If I add it to the existing libraries there are various options: > 1) I check for the core type and make a separate part for those types of > cores using arrays of 64 bytes. > 2) Rewrite the library so that it is based on arrays of 64 bytes instead > of 256 bytes and add more arrays to make it fit the original size. > > Any suggestions? > > > I cannot find the 16F1976, I assume you mean the 16f19176. > > Just an idea ... A third option could be to use data memory in 'linear' > mode, a special feature of the 14H core. This possibility has been subject > of discussion here long ago. As far as I remember it was at that time seen > as required new feature of the compiler. When implemented in a library I > can imagine there may be a conflict with memory management by the compiler, > because linear memory is simply an 'overlay' of banked memory. > > Regards, Rob. > > > -- > *Rob H*amerling, Vianen, NL > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/jallib. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
