SLAU132V October 2004 – February 2020
Table B-1 lists significant changes made to this document. The left column identifies the first version of this document in which that particular change appeared.
Version Added | Chapter | Location | Additions / Modifications / Deletions |
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SLAU132V | Linking | Section 4.3.7 | Clarified that either --rom_model or --ram_model is required if only the linker is being run, but --rom_model is the default if the compiler runs on C/C++ files on the same command line. |
SLAU132V | C/C++ Language | Section 5.12.25 | The #pragma once is now documented for use in header files. |
SLAU132V | Run-Time Environment | Section 6.9.3.1 | Clarified that zero initialization takes place only if the --rom_model linker option is used, not if the --ram_model option is used. |
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SLAU132U | -- throughout -- | The default file extensions for object files created by the compiler have been changed in order to prevent conflicts when C and C++ files have the same names. Object files generated from C source files have the .c.obj extension. Object files generated from C++ source files have the .cpp.obj extension. | |
SLAU132U | Using the Compile | Section 2.3 and Section 2.3.2 | The --gen_func_info_listing compiler option is now documented. |
SLAU132T | Using the Compiler | Section 2.3.1 | Added the --emit_references:file linker option. |
SLAU132T | Using the Compiler | Section 2.5.1 | Documented that C standard macros such as __STDC_VERSION__ are supported. |
SLAU132T | C/C++ Language | Section 5.12.5 | Added documentation for the CODE_ALIGN pragma. |
SLAU132T | C/C++ Language | Section 5.12.22 | Clarify section placement for the NOINIT and PERSISTENT pragmas. |
SLAU132T | C/C++ Language | Section 5.12.32 | Added documentation for the WEAK pragma. |
SLAU132T | C/C++ Language | Section 5.16.1 | Updated list of C99 non-supported run-time functions. |
SLAU132T | C/C++ Language | Section 5.17.2 | Added documentation for the aligned, calls, naked, and weak function attributes. |
SLAU132T | C/C++ Language | Section 5.17.3 | Added documentation for the location and packed variable attributes. |
SLAU132T | Run-Time Support Functions | DEV_lseek topic | Corrected syntax documented for DEV_lseek function. |
SLAU132S | Introduction,
Using the Compiler, C/C++ Language |
Section 1.3, Section 2.3, Section 5.1, and Section 5.16.2 | Added support for C11. |
SLAU132S | Using the Compiler | Section 2.3.1 | Added the --ecc=on linker option, which enables ECC generation. Note that ECC generation is now off by default. |
SLAU132S | Using the Compiler | Section 2.5.1 | The __TI_STRICT_ANSI_MODE__ and __TI_STRICT_FP_MODE__ macros are defined as 0 if their conditions are false. |
SLAU132S | Using the Compiler,
C/C++ Language |
Section 2.11 and Section 5.12 | Revised the section on inline function expansion and its subsections to include new pragmas and changes to the compilers decision-making about what functions to inline. The FORCEINLINE, FORCEINLINE_RECURSIVE, and NOINLINE pragmas have been added. |
SLAU132S | C/C++ Language | Section 5.2 | C++11 features related to atomics are now supported. In addition, removed several C++ features from the exception list because they have been supported for several releases. |
SLAU132S | C/C++ Language | Section 5.7 | Added information about character sets and file encoding. |
SLAU132S | C/C++ Language | Section 5.17.2 and Section 5.17.3 | Added "retain" as a function attribute and variable attribute. |
SLAU132R | Using the Compiler,
C/C++ Language |
Section 2.3 and Section 5.2 | The compiler now follows the C++14 standard. |
SLAU132R | C/C++ Language | Section 5.17 | The compiler now supports several Clang __has_ macro extensions. |
SLAU132R | C/C++ Language | Section 5.17.1 | The wrapper header file GCC extension (#include_next) is now supported. |
SLAU132Q | C/C++ Language | Section 5.2 | Preliminary changes have been made in order to support C++14 in a future release. These changes may cause linktime errors. Recompile object files to resolve these errors. |
SLAU132Q | C/C++ Language | Section 5.8.1 | Clarified exceptions to const data storage set by the const keyword. |
SLAU132P | Optimization | Section 3.7.1.4 | Corrected error in command to process the profile data. |
SLAU132O | Using the Compiler,
C/C++ Language |
Section 2.3.3, Section 5.3, Section 5.12.3, and Section 5.12.27 | Revised to state that --check_misra option is required even if the CHECK_MISRA pragma is used. |
SLAU132O | Using the Compiler | Section 2.10 | Corrected the document to describe the ---gen_preprocessor_listing option. The name --gen_parser_listing was incorrect. |
SLAU132O | Run-Time Environment | Section 6.1.3 | State that certain MSP430 devices do have writeable memory above the 64K boundary. |
SLAU132N | Optimization | Section 3.7.3 | Corrected function names for _TI_start_pprof_collection() and _TI_stop_pprof_collection(). |
SLAU132N | C/C++ Language | Section 5.17.2 | Added the call_conv function attribute to allow IAR and TI compilers to link against the same ROM image. |
SLAU132M | Using the Compiler | Section 2.3 | The --align_for_power option has been added. |
SLAU132M | Using the Compiler | Section 2.3 | The default for --cinit_compression and --copy_compression has been changed from RLE to LZSS. |
SLAU132M | Using the Compiler | Section 2.3 | Settings available for use with the --silicon_errata option are now documented. |
SLAU132M | Using the Compiler | Several compiler options have been deprecated, removed, or renamed. The compiler continues to accept some of the deprecated options, but they are not recommended for use. See the Compiler Option Cleanup wiki page for a list of deprecated and removed options, options that have been removed from CCS, and options that have been renamed. | |
SLAU132L | Using the Compiler | Section 2.3 and Section 4.2.2 | The --gen_data_subsections option has been added. |
SLAU132L | Using the Compiler | Section 2.3.5 | The --symdebug:dwarf_version compiler option has been added. This option sets the DWARF debugging format version used. |
SLAU132L | Optimization | Section 3.7 and Section 3.8 | Feedback directed optimization is described. This technique can be used for code coverage analysis. |
SLAU132L | C/C++ Language | Section 5.12.2 | A CALLS pragma has been added to specify a set of functions that can be called indirectly from a specified calling function. Using this pragma allows such indirect calls to be included in the calculation of a functions' inclusive stack size. |
SLAU132L | Run-Time Environment | Section 6.8 | Intrinsics have been added for saturated addition and subtraction of shorts and longs. |
SLAU132L | Run-Time Environment | Section 6.9.1 | Additional boot hook functions are available. These can be customized for use during system initialization. |
SLAU132K | Introduction | Section 1.4 | The COFF object file format is no longer supported. The MSP430 Code Generation Tools now support only the Embedded Application Binary Interface (EABI) ABI, which works only with object files that use the ELF object file format and the DWARF debug format. Sections of this document that referred to the COFF format have been removed or simplified. If you would like to produce COFF output files, please use v4.4 of the MSP430 Code Generation Tools and refer to SLAU132J for documentation.
The --abi=coff, --symdebug:profile_coff, --no_sym_merge, and --diable_clink options have been deprecated. |
SLAU132K | Using the Compiler | Section 2.3.4 | The --ramfunc option has been added. If set, this option places all functions in RAM. |
SLAU132K | C/C++ Language | Section 5.17.2 | The ramfunc function attribute has been added. It specifies that a function should be placed in RAM. |
SLAU132K | Run-Time Environment | Section 6.1.5 | Corrected documentation to state that R1 is the stack pointer. |
SLAU132I | Introduction | Section 1.3 | Added support for C99 and C++03. |
SLAU132I | Using the Compiler | Table 2-7 and Section 5.5 | Added --advice:hw_config option for ULP Advisor checking of device configuration. |
SLAU132I | Using the Compiler | Table 2-9 | Added support for C99 and C++03. The -gcc option has been deprecated. The --relaxed_ansi option is now the default. |
SLAU132I | Using the Compiler | Table 2-9 | Removed documentation of precompiled headers, which are not supported for MSP430. |
SLAU132I | Using the Compiler | Table 2-12 and Section 2.7.1 | Added --section_sizes option for diagnostic reporting of section sizes. |
SLAU132J | Using the Compiler | Table 2-14 and Section 2.3.4 | Added --disable_interrupts_around_hw_mpy option. |
SLAU132J | Using the Compiler | Table 2-14 and Section 2.3.4 | The --use_hw_mpy option is now a compiler option and performs additional actions at compile time. |
SLAU132J | Using the Compiler | Section 2.5.3 | Documented that the #warning and #warn preprocessor directives are supported. |
SLAU132J | Using the Compiler | Section 2.6 | Added section on techniques for passing arguments to main(). |
SLAU132I | Using the Compiler | Section 2.11 | Documented that the inline keyword is now enabled in all modes except C89 strict ANSI mode. |
SLAU132J | C/C++ Language | Section 5.1.1 | Added section documenting implementation-defined behavior. |
SLAU132I | C/C++ Language | Section 5.4, Section 5.12.4, and Section 5.12.28 | Added pragmas for enabling/resetting ULP Advisor rule checks. |
SLAU132J | C/C++ Language | Section 5.6.1 | Added documentation on the size of enum types. |
SLAU132J | C/C++ Language | Section 5.12.20, Section 5.12.29, and Section 5.17.2 | Added C++ syntax for the INTERRUPT and RETAIN pragmas. Also removed unnecessary semicolons from #pragma syntax specifications. Also the GCC interrupt and alias function attributes are now supported. |
SLAU132J | C/C++ Language | Section 5.12.9 | Added the diag_push and diag_pop diagnostic message pragmas. |
SLAU132I | C/C++ Language | Section 5.16, Section 5.16.1, and Section 5.16.3 | Added support for C99 and C++03. The --relaxed_ansi option is now the default and --strict_ansi is the other option; "normal mode" for standards violation strictness is no longer available. |
SLAU132J | Run-Time Environment | Section 6.5 | Added reference to section on accessing linker symbols in C and C++ in the Assembly Language Tools User's Guide. |
SLAU132I | Run-Time Environment | Section 6.8.1 and Section 6.8.4 | Corrected: __never_executed intrinsic has two underscores as the prefix. |
SLAU132J | Run-Time Support Functions | Section 7.1.3 | RTS source code is no longer provided in a rtssrc.zip file. Instead, it is located in separate files in the lib/src subdirectory of the compiler installation. |
SLAU132J | C++ Name Demangler | Section 8.1 | Corrected information about name demangler options. |