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Should I upgrade from PCM v3.245

 
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Should I upgrade from PCM v3.245
PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:29 pm     Reply with quote
I have several 16F84, 16F876A and 16F877A projects running with code compiled using PCM v3.245. They have all been running fine for over a year now in a production environment.

I need to make some major functional updates to the software and was wondering if I should/need to upgrade to the latest level compiler- v3.249 or v4.071? Are there any significant "bug fixes" in these later versions or just features added?

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:32 pm     Reply with quote
There were some bug fixes between 3.245 and 3.249. That version is stable and relatively bug free.
Version 4 has a linker, supports bit arrays and in general has a bit of optimization added to many built in routines.
Version 4 also has lot of cosmetic feature additions which are cool if you use the IDE Compiler.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:35 pm     Reply with quote
The PCM command line compiler can't create linkable object files:
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26954&start=10
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:13 am     Reply with quote
Guest_7068 wrote:
There were some bug fixes between 3.245 and 3.249. That version is stable and relatively bug free.


I think I can stick with v3 for now. Which version is relatively bug free, V2.245 or V3.249?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 11:08 am     Reply with quote
From the old versions page:
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3.244 ICD interface updated
3.245 The optimization level was being reduced for some programs, this is now fixed
3.246 A switch() problem resulting in an internal error message for some programs is fixed
3.248 Some poor optimization in 3.246 is now fixed
3.248 Over-allocation of some unions is fixed
3.249 A debugger problem with PIC18 is fixed
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