SIGNED_CHAR Compiler Directive

Abbreviation

SCH

Arguments

None.

Default

Variables of type char are unsigned.

µVision

Options — CA — Treat plain char as 'unsigned char'.

Description

The SIGNED_CHAR directive instructs the compiler to treat all variables declared with char as signed char variables.

Example

CA SAMPLE.C SIGNED_CHAR

#pragma SCH

The following example:

stmt  level    source
    1          char  ch1;
    2          unsigned char uch2;   /* always unsigned */
    3          signed char sch3;     /* always signed   */
    4
    5          int i;
    6
    7          void test (void)  {
    8   1        if (ch1  > 0) i = ch1;
    9   1        if (uch2 > 0) i = uch2;
   10   1        if (sch3 > 0) i = sch3;
   11   1      }

demonstrates code generated using the SIGNED_CHAR directive:

Code Generated
Without SIGNED_CHAR

*** CODE SEGMENT '?PR?uchar?T?uchar':
    8:   if (ch1  > 0) i = ch1;
 00000000  4800  LDR   R0,=ch1 ; ch1
 00000002  7800  LDRB  R0,[R0,#0x0] ; ch1


 00000004  1C01  MOV   R1,R0
 00000006  2900  CMP   R1,#0x0
 00000008  DD01  BLE   L_1  ; T=0x0000000E
 0000000A  4800  LDR   R0,=i ; i
 0000000C  6001  STR   R1,[R0,#0x0] ; i
 0000000E          L_1:
    9:   if (uch2 > 0) i = uch2;
 0000000E  4800  LDR   R0,=uch2 ; uch2
 00000010  7800  LDRB  R0,[R0,#0x0] ; uch2
 00000012  1C01  MOV   R1,R0
 00000014  2900  CMP   R1,#0x0
 00000016  DD01  BLE   L_2  ; T=0x0000001C
 00000018  4800  LDR   R0,=i ; i
 0000001A  6001  STR   R1,[R0,#0x0] ; i
 0000001C          L_2:
   10:   if (sch3 > 0) i = sch3;
 0000001C  4800  LDR   R0,=sch3 ; sch3
 0000001E  7800  LDRB  R0,[R0,#0x0] ; sch3
 00000020  0600  LSL   R0,R0,#0x18
 00000022  1600  ASR   R0,R0,#0x18
 00000024  1C01  MOV   R1,R0
 00000026  2900  CMP   R1,#0x0
 00000028  DD01  BLE   L_3  ; T=0x0000002E
 0000002A  4800  LDR   R0,=i ; i
 0000002C  6001  STR   R1,[R0,#0x0] ; i
 0000002E          L_3:
   11: }
 0000002E  4770  BX    R14
 00000030          ENDP ; 'uchar?T'

CODE SIZE: 48 Bytes

Code Generated
With SIGNED_CHAR

*** CODE SEGMENT '?PR?uchar?T?uchar':
    8:   if (ch1  > 0) i = ch1;
 00000000  4800  LDR   R0,=ch1 ; ch1
 00000002  7800  LDRB  R0,[R0,#0x0] ; ch1
 00000004  0600  LSL   R0,R0,#0x18
 00000006  1600  ASR   R0,R0,#0x18
 00000008  1C01  MOV   R1,R0
 0000000A  2900  CMP   R1,#0x0
 0000000C  DD01  BLE   L_1  ; T=0x00000012
 0000000E  4800  LDR   R0,=i ; i
 00000010  6001  STR   R1,[R0,#0x0] ; i
 00000012          L_1:
    9:   if (uch2 > 0) i = uch2;
 00000012  4800  LDR   R0,=uch2 ; uch2
 00000014  7800  LDRB  R0,[R0,#0x0] ; uch2
 00000016  1C01  MOV   R1,R0
 00000018  2900  CMP   R1,#0x0
 0000001A  DD01  BLE   L_2  ; T=0x00000020
 0000001C  4800  LDR   R0,=i ; i
 0000001E  6001  STR   R1,[R0,#0x0] ; i
 00000020          L_2:
   10:   if (sch3 > 0) i = sch3;
 00000020  4800  LDR   R0,=sch3 ; sch3
 00000022  7800  LDRB  R0,[R0,#0x0] ; sch3
 00000024  0600  LSL   R0,R0,#0x18
 00000026  1600  ASR   R0,R0,#0x18
 00000028  1C01  MOV   R1,R0
 0000002A  2900  CMP   R1,#0x0
 0000002C  DD01  BLE   L_3  ; T=0x00000032
 0000002E  4800  LDR   R0,=i ; i
 00000030  6001  STR   R1,[R0,#0x0] ; i
 00000032          L_3:
   11: }
 00000032  4770  BX    R14
 00000034          ENDP ; 'uchar?T'

CODE SIZE: 52 Bytes