Peter,
I think you should try to use double quotes:
Writef("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\0");
Maarten
> I'm trying to compile the following function for the PIC14 port:
>
> void Writef( char *string) {
>
> while(*string != 0) {
> putchar(*string);
> string++;
> }
> }
>
> Note, no printf in the PIC14 port.
>
> I call it as:
>
> Writef('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\0');
>
> I get the following error from sdcc when trying to compile:
>
>
> serial-soft.c:117: error 88: illegal cast of LITERAL value to 'generic'
> pointer
> from type 'literal-unsigned-char'
> to type 'char generic* '
>
> Now I've not programmed in C for quite a while, and pointers were never my
> strong point. Can any kind sole give me a hint?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete
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