-----------------------------------------------------------------------------HI-TECH PICC Lite Compiler

Release notes for v8.01PL3

DATE: 15 November 2002
THIS FILE CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATING TO THIS COMPILER.
PLEASE READ IT BEFORE RUNNING THIS SOFTWARE.
HI-TECH Software has provided this freeware version of the PICC Compiler,
as a means for hobbiests and students to be introduced to our
PIC Compiler.
This new version of the HI-TECH PICC Lite C compiler has been updated
and now supports the 16F877 and 16F877A in addition to the 12F627,
12F629, 16F627, 16C84, 16F84, and 16F84A.
Please take note, that the command line driver is called PICL.EXE and the
compiler comes with no printf() support for longs or floats. There is no
source code supplied for any library routines. Only two RAM banks of the
16F627, 16F877 and 16F877A processors are supported. There is also a
limitation on ROM size to 2k on the 16F877 and 16F877A.
See the bugfixes.txt file for information relating to bug fixes and limitations
for this release of the compiler.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------New Features:
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New features added for version 8.01PL3 of the compiler:
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Improved support for MPLAB v6, with long file names supported in
debugging files and changes to the COD file format.

Introduction of COFF output file suitable for the v6 MPLAB IDE.

This file format is automatically generated in addition to the
COD file when compiling. No alterations to the compiler options
are required.

Added support for MPLAB ICD2.

Added ability to link psects explicitly into a CLASS range with a

minimum address (e.g. linker option -ppsect=CLASS+address)

Changes:
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Changes made to version 8.01PL3 of the compiler:
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Added -NO_STRING_PACK option to disable string packing optimizations.

It was found that some emulators and debugging environments didn't
fully support processors which could read their own program memory.
This option is provided to easily disable this feature.

The filename prefix for the runtime startup code and libraries is
now pcl rather than pic.

Updates:

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