RE: [avr-gcc-list] for loop problem

[E. Weddington]

On 17 Jan 2003 at 12:34, Adrian Cottle wrote:

> I have tryed changing the flag rto static volatile and volatile. this
> seems to have corrected the UART loop problem but not the other loop
> problem
> 
> while(Timeout_Flag != 0xFF && Element_Pulse_Flag != 0xFF)
>   {
>  int i;
>  for(i=0;i<10;i++)
>  {
>  //msdelay(1);
>  }
> 
>   }
> 
> this still needs the delay in to work
> 
> any idea?

If you're optimizing, the loop will probably disappear.

Again add volatile to your declaration of i. Also, an int is 16 bits. 
You probably don't need 16 bits for a counter that will only count up 
to 10. So declare i as:
volatile unsigned char i;

HTH
Eric
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