[avr-gcc-list] Possible Bug in elfcoff.exe

[Jim Benson (Ohio)]

Howdy folks,

I think I may have found a bug in the Elfcoff.exe utility. I use a lot of
enums in my code. I like to use the compiler option "-fshort-enums" to make
the space required to store enums as small as possible. However, when I use
this option, I get this error:

Error on parsing symbol 143 -> Type : 804x Desc :
:T(9,1)address@hidden;eFALSE:0,TRUE:1,;
Ended


The offending enumeration is as follows:

*** Code snippet ***

/*
@enum Boolean | This enumerated list gives a Boolean type.
*/
typedef enum
{
FALSE = 0, //@emem FALSE condition, evaluates to 0
TRUE = 1 //@emem TRUE condition, evaluates to 1
} Boolean;

*** End code snippet ***

This is the first enum the compiler comes accross -- if I change the order
of declarations, the build will break on whatever enum is put first.

If I get rid of the "-fshort-enums" option, everything works fine, but the
code size and data region size both increase.

Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong, or is this a real bug?

Thanks,

Jim


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