Constant ARRAY + Debugging

Andreas · Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 136

Hi All,

Has somebody of You an Idea why the content of an const Array can not bee seen during debuging ?

What I mean :

I make a constant array like this:

static const char Filesystem[0x6E1] = {
0x84,0x1,0x28,0x0,0x2D,0xDD,0x0,0x69,0x6E,0x64};

This array has a length of 0x6E1 when complete.

then I make a search on entries like this:

Ttelmah · Guest

The 'easy' way, is to copy the value to a temporary variable. So:
temp=Filesystem[Ind+7+cnt2];

Will put the value into temp, where it can be looked at. Given that you know what you have put into the array, you can of course just work it out for yourself.
The point is that the constant retrieval, is actually a subroutine, which then calculates the memory address, and retrieves the byte(s) from this ROM address. There is no physical RAM storage associated with this (it is the contents of RAM, that the debugger displays). The same is true of other approaches to 'constant' storage on the PIC, it is not a CCS limitation.

Best Wishes