Re: [avr-gcc-list] Code version timestamp

[John Altstadt]

Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> > Look at the __DATE__ and __TIME__ predefined macros. Since they are 
> > already string constants, you can use the compiler to concatenate them 
> > with the string you want to display, such as:
> >
> > char *version =
> > "Compiled on " __DATE__ " at " __TIME__;
>
>
> Would love to use these Macros, but whenever I try to use  __DATA__ for
> example, the compiler complains that :
>
> error: `__DATA__' undeclared (first use in this function)
>
> Are these macros been introduced so recently in gcc that my sliiighlty
> old 3.4.3 version doesn't support them ?

As far as I can remember, __DATE__ and __TIME__ were standard predefined 
cpp macros before a C standard existed.

You used __DATA__ when you should have used __DATE__. I also get 
blinders when looking at code sometime. :-)

John