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How to Use This Manual
How to Use This Manual / Notational Conventions
How to Use This Manual
Notational Conventions
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The goal of this book is to help you learn how to use the Texas Instruments C
compiler tools specifically designed for the TMS320C2x/C2xx/C5x devices.
This book is divided into three distinct parts:
Introductory information, consisting of Chapter 1, provides an overview
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of the TMS320C2x/C2xx/C5x development tools.
Compiler description, consisting of Chapters 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8, describes
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how to operate the C compiler and the shell program, and discusses
specific characteristics of the C compiler as they relate to the ANSI C spec-
ification. It contains technical information on the TMS320C2x/ C2xx/C5x
architecture and includes information needed for interfacing assembly
language to C programs. It describes libraries and header files in addition
to the macros, functions, and types they declare. Finally, it describes the
library-build utility.
Reference material, consisting of Appendix B, provides a glossary.
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This document uses the following conventions.
Program listings, program examples, and interactive displays are shown
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in a special typeface similar to a typewriter's. Examples use a bold
version of the special typeface for emphasis; interactive displays use a
bold version of the special typeface to distinguish commands that you
enter from items that the system displays (such as prompts, command
output, error messages, etc.).
Here is a sample of C code:
# ifdef NDEBUG
# define assert
In syntax descriptions, the instruction, command, or directive is in a bold
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face font and parameters are in italics. Portions of a syntax that are in bold
face must be entered as shown; portions of a syntax that are in italics de-
scribe the type of information that should be entered. Here is an example
of a directive syntax:
#include "filename"
The #include preprocessor directive has one required parameter, file-
name. The filename must be enclosed in double quotes or angle brackets.