Andy Please Help! Compiler/Syntax question

bmcnicho

I got this e-mail from a dad of one of my students. He might as well be speaking Greek. What is the answer?

Does the compiler have a way to show what the syntax options are for the compiler?

Please salvage my pride so I don't have to admit I have no idea what he's talking about.

Diane

SRLM

I don't have any idea what he's talking about either. The syntax is part of the language (C), and generally you don't have any options on changing that. If you really wanted to get pedantic you could refer him to a C grammar such as this, but that's not really what he's asking.

I think what he wants is live syntax checking, which SimpleIDE does not have. You have to run the program to check the syntax.

bmcnicho

Thanks for your help!

Diane

Andy Lindsay (Parallax)

Yeah, it's hard to tell what he's aiming at with his question. Autocomplete is a common feature that presents you with a list of available functions and their syntax when you start typing. As SRLM said, SimpleIDE doesn't have that currently.

For reference, everyone has their favorites. My two favorite C language references are at IBM's site:

Language
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Frzarg%2Fsc09785202.htm

Standard Libraries
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Frtref%2Fsc41560702.htm

There's also info on the Simple Libraries that gets installed with SimpleIDE. Just click Help and Select Simple Library Reference. If nothing happens due to web browser incompatibility, you can use a file browser to open Libraries Index.html from the ...Documents\SimpleIDE\Learn folder.

Andy

P.S. For embedded developers:

Propeller library info is here:
https://sites.google.com/site/propellergcc/documentation/libraries

Pay special attention to propeller.h
https://sites.google.com/site/propellergcc/documentation/libraries/propeller-h-library

Steph Lindsay

SRLM wrote: »

... You have to run the program to check the syntax.

For newcomers reading this thread: to check for syntax and other compile errors, you don't have to run as in "download to a Propeller chip," but simply run as in "build."

Just click the Build Project button -- it is the little hammer icon on the top tool bar. You don't have to have a Propeller chip connected.

jac_goudsmit

bmcnicho wrote: »

Does the compiler have a way to show what the syntax options are for the compiler?

I think maybe what he meant was: what are the command line options that you can put into "Other Compiler Options", and perhaps "Other Linker Options"

There are hundreds of possible command line options to gcc and ld. Most of them you will never need if you're building programs from SimpleIDE. The official documentation is at:

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.0/gcc_3.html (compiler)

and:

http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/old-gnu/Manuals/ld-2.9.1/html_node/ld_3.html (linker)

But there are probably other pages on the web that are easier to read and may have better information. Google for "gcc command line options" and/or "ld command line options".

===Jac

jazzed

jac_goudsmit wrote: »

There are hundreds of possible command line options to gcc and ld. Most of them you will never need if you're building programs from SimpleIDE.

Absolutely true. We have provided check-boxes for the most common options and have added certain options automatically in the build steps for the user based on program needs.