C251 User's Guide

Function Declarations

The C251 Compiler provides a number of extensions for standard C function declarations. These extensions allow to:

Declare a function as an interrupt procedure
Set the register bank
Select the memory model
Declare a reentrant function
Declare alien functions

You can include these extensions or attributes (many can be combined) in the function declaration. Use the following format for declaring functions:

〚return_type〛 funcname (〚args〛) 〚{small |  large}〛
                                    〚__attribute__ ((attrib_spec))〛
                                    〚reentrant〛
                                    〚interrupt n〛
                                    〚using y〛

where:

return_type	is the type of the value returned from the function. If no type is specified, int is assumed.
funcname	is the name of the function.
args	is the argument list for the function.
small	explicitly defines the function uses the small memory model.
large	explicitly defines the function uses the large memory model.
__attribute__	is a keyword followed by an attribute specification. Refer to Attributes for more information.
attrib_spec	is an attribute specification enclosed by double-brackets. For example, noreturn. Refer to Attributes for the complete list of attributes specifications.
reentrant	indicates that the function is recursive or reentrant.
interrupt	indicates that the function is an interrupt function.
n	is the interrupt number.
using	specifies which register bank the function uses.
y	is the register bank number.

Descriptions of these attributes and other features are described in detail in the following topics.

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