A new version of the SDCC C compiler is available. You can use SDCC to develop for the Amstrad CPC, e.g. with using the SDCC Code::Blocks template or the programming tutorials by Mochilote. In the new version, there are a lot of optimisations for the Z80 backend, so be sure to update if you already use the old version. You can download it from http://sdcc.sourceforge.net.

Changes:

• Named address spaces with optimal placement of bank selection calls.
• _Noreturn.
• –std-c11 command line option for ISO C11.
• ucsim support for the LR35902 (gameboy CPU).
• The gbz80 port is alive again, there were many bug fixes and the generated code is much better now.
• Pic 14 enhanced core libraries are included in sdcc builds by default
• Added pic 14 enhanced core devices: 16f1503, 16f1508, 16f1509, 16f1516, 16f1517, 16f1518, 16f1519, 16f1526, 16f1527, 16f1946, 16f1947
• PIC14/PIC16: Implemented __critical; PIC14 __critical function cannot have arguments for now, though
• inclusion of some tests from the gcc test suite into the sdcc regression test suite led to many bugs being found and fixed.
• Many macros with previously non-standard-compliant names have been renamed (SDCC_REVISION to __SDCC_REVISION, etc).
• setjmp() / longjmp() for the z180 and r2k ports.
• Added sdar archive managing utility. sdar and sdranlib are derived from GNU binutils package
• Added support for pic 14 core devices: 16f720, 16f721, 16f882, 16f883, 16f884, 16f747, 16f946
• sdcpp synchronized with GNU cpp 4.6.3
• Added support for pic 18f1230/18f1330 device family
• Implemented #pragma config for pic16 target
• sdcc now works on Debian GNU/Hurd.
• New register allocator for the hc08 port, resulting in better code being generated.
• New s08 port.
• New r3ka port.
• Many small improvements in the z80, hc08 and r2k code generation, reducing code size.
• Shift, multiplication, division and returning of long long are now supported (modulo for long long is still missing, integer literals of type long long are broken).

A new version of the SDCC C compiler is available. You can use SDCC to develop for the Amstrad CPC, e.g. with using the SDCC Code::Blocks template or the article in the CPCWiki. In the new version, there are a lot of optimisations for the Z80 backend, so be sure to update if you already use the old version. You can download it from http://sdcc.sourceforge.net.

Changes:

• include/pic, non-free/include/pic, lib/pic, non-free/lib/pic renamed to */pic14
• implemented –fomit-frame-pointer for mcs51
• support for use of sdcc in z88dk (–reserve-regs-iy and –no-optsdcc-in-asm options; smallc calling convention)
• new register allocator in the z80 and gbz80 ports (optimal when using –opt-code-size and a sufficiently high value for –max-allocs-per-node for the z80 port)
  C99 designated initializers
• added strxfrm() and strcoll() functions; strerror() is the only string handling function still missing
• added support for pic18f2xk22/pic18f4xk22 family (requires gputils > 0.14.0 and –enable-new-pics configure flag)
• added support for enhanced core pic14 devices (requires gputils > 0.14.0 and –enable-new-pics configure flag)
• setjmp() / longjmp() for the z80 port
• _Bool / bool for the hc08, pic16 and pic14 ports
• sdcpp synchronized with GNU cpp 4.6.1
• z180 port
• very basic (no integer constants, multiplication, division, shifts or use as return value) support for data types long long, unsigned long long, int_fast64_t, int_least64_t, int64_t, uint_fast64_t, uint_least64_t, uint64_t in the z80, z180, r2k and gbz80 ports
• r2k port for the Rabbit 2000 and Rabbit 3000
• Numerous feature requests and bug fixes are included as well.