MSP430 IAR C/C++ Compiler reference guide - Rice University

Getting startedThis chapter gives the information you need to get started using the MSP430IAR C/C++ Compiler for efficiently developing your application.First you will get an overview of the supported programming languages,followed by a description of the steps involved for compiling and linking anapplication.Next, the compiler is introduced. You will get an overview of the basic settingsneeded for a project setup, including an overview of the techniques that enableapplications to take full advantage of the MSP430 microcontroller. In thefollowing chapters, these techniques will be studied in more detail.IAR language overviewThere are two high-level programming languages you can use with the MSP430 IARC/C++ Compiler:●●C, the most widely used high-level programming language used in the embeddedsystems industry. Using the MSP430 IAR C/C++ Compiler, you can buildfreestanding applications that follow the standard ISO 9899:1990. This standard iscommonly known as ANSI C.C++, a modern object-oriented programming language with a full-featured librarywell suited for modular programming. IAR Systems supports two levels of theC++ language:●●Embedded C++ (EC++), a subset of the C++ programming standard, which isintended for embedded systems programming. It is defined by an industryconsortium, the Embedded C++ Technical committee. See the chapter UsingC++.IAR Extended Embedded C++, with additional features such as full templatesupport, multiple inheritance, namespace support, the new cast operators, as wellas the Standard Template Library (STL).Each of the supported languages can be used in strict or relaxed mode, or relaxed withIAR extensions enabled. The strict mode adheres to the standard, whereas the relaxedmode allows some deviations from the standard. For more details, see the chapterCompiler extensions.Part 1. Using the compiler 3