Boris Boesler wrote:
> The following "program" can be compiled without problems.
>
> extern void something(char *s);
> char msg[] = "123456";
> int main(int argc, char **argv)
> {
> something(msg);
> return 0;
> }
>
> But I can't compile it correctly with my backend. The content of msg is
> not emitted; there is only the label. It will be emitted when it the
> size is at least 8 characters.
>
> I assume the problem is that I set BITS_PER_UNIT to 1 and that there is
> some size computation that depends on BITS_PER_UNIT >= 8. Is that
> possible? How can I fix that?
C requires BITS_PER_UNIT to be at least 8. char must always be large
enough to hold a character, and sizeof (char) == 1.
Andrew.