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From: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: "chip" qualifier for Aztec C (V5.0d)?
Message-ID: <20528@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 10 Apr 91 19:02:17 GMT
References: <21925@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Reply-To: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <21925@shlump.nac.dec.com> withers@nitmoi.enet.dec.com (George A. Withers) writes:
>
>In some previous article gone by the wayside in the great
>Assembly/C Battle, Matt Dillon mentioned that Dice had
>Amiga-isms such as the "chip" type qualifier to force a
>single variable into chip RAM like SAS/C AND Aztec C.  I
>only recently upgraded to v5.0d and I didn't see mention
>of this in the manual so does such a qualfier exist and, if
>so, what is it?

I am unaware of this existing in the current Aztec compiler. According
to Aztec, however, the next major release of the Manx C compiler
will have the CHIP keyword.

bj

>Thanks, George

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