ARM Compiler toolchain v4.1 for µVision Using the Compiler

Compiler Features
4.11 Overflow and carry status flags for C and C++ code
The implementation of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) basic
operations in dspfns.h exposes the status flags Overflow and Carry. These flags are available as
global variables for use in your own C or C++ programs. For example:
#include /* include ETSI intrinsics */
#include
...
const int BUFLEN=255;
int a[BUFLEN], b[BUFLEN], c[BUFLEN];
...
Overflow = 0; /* clear overflow flag */
for (i = 0; i < BUFLEN; ++i) {
c[i] = L_add(a[i], b[i]); /* saturated add of a[i] and b[i] */
}
if (Overflow)
{
fprintf(stderr, "Overflow on saturated addition\n");
}
Generally, saturating functions have a sticky effect on overflow. That is, the overflow flag
remains set until it is explicitly cleared.
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