Chiptype as compiler-directive

[jpc]

As different chips need different initialisations it might be handy to have the chiptype available for use in conditional compiling. It can be done now by {$DEFINE } , {$IFDEF} etc but this depends on the programmer. In reality the compiler knows at compiletime for which processor it is compiling . In order to make things easy i would like to have {$IFCHIP xxx} or something similar. Even better would be some kind of ($CASE < list of chips > } as certain peripherals are identical on a range of chips.

[zristic]

{$IFCHIP xxx} sounds relatively easy to implement. We will probably do it, not in the incoming version, but soon afterwards it may appear.

[jpc]

may i gently remind you ....

[zristic]

While you are patiently waiting, try to use {$I} directive:

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program MyProgram;

{$I SomeFile.txt}

begin

{$IFDEF MyChip}
  // do something
{$ENDIF}

{$IFDEF SomeOtherChip}
  // do something else
{$ENDIF}

end.

And the contents of SomeFile.txt would be

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{$DEFINE MyChip}

It is fairly easy, I just wonder how you could not remember it. {$I} is often used in programming.