Imagecraft c compiler and development environment for the atmel avr

ICCV8 for AVR – C Compiler for Atmel AVRThe Machine Independent Optimizer makes debugging even more challenging.MIO may eliminate or move code or modify expressions, and for RISC-liketargets, the register allocator may allocate different registers or memory locationsto the same variable depending on where it is used. Unfortunately, currently mostdebuggers have only limited support for debugging of optimized code.You may have encountered a compiler error. If you encounter an error message ofthe form“Internal Error! ...,”this means the compiler has detected an internal inconsistence. If you see amessage of the form...The system cannot execute this means that unfortunately the compiler crashed while processing your code. Ineither case, you will need to contact us. See Support.You may have encountered a compiler bug. Unfortunately, the compiler is a set ofrelatively complex programs that probably contain bugs. Our front end (the partthat does syntax and semantic analysis of the input C programs) is particularlyrobust, as we license the LCC software, a highly respected ANSI C compiler frontend. We test our compilers thoroughly, including semi-exhaustively testing thebasic operations of all the supported integer operators and data types.Nevertheless, despite all our testing, the compiler may still generate incorrectcode. The odds are very low, though, as most of the support issues are notcompiler errors even if the customer is “certain of it.” If you think you have found acompiler problem, it always helps if you try to simplify your program or the functionso that we may be able to duplicate it. See Support.Testing Your Program LogicSince the compiler implements the ANSI C language, a common method of programdevelopment is to use a PC compiler such as Borland C or Visual C and debug yourprogram logic first by compiling your program as a PC program. Obviously, hardwarespecificportions must be isolated and replaced or stubbed out using dummy routines.Typically, 95% or more of your program's code can be debugged using this method.If your program fails seemingly randomly with variables having strange values or thePC (program counter) in strange locations, then possibly there are memory overwritesin your program. You should make sure that pointer variables are pointing to validmemory locations and that the stack(s) are not overwriting data memory.40