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geekmaster · 08-12-2012, 08:33 AM

I just used the tcc executable that lrizzo had at his web site. I do not know how he built it.

I see by modifying your program to print argc that this build of tcc does not handle command-line parameters. When tested on my K5, it shows that argc has a large negative value that changes with each run, and argv[0] is a NULL pointer.

I had not noticed that behavior before, but I had noticed that the tcc "-run" parameter did not run C programs as a script, so it has more than one bug. I suppose we need to rebuild tcc from source to see if that fixes it.

It seems to work okay for things that do not need parameters. I do not recall what "splattered into bin" thing that twobob is talking about.

08-12-2012, 08:33 AM	#170
geekmaster Carpe diem, c'est la vie. Posts: 6,433 Karma: 10773670 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Multiverse 6627A Device: K1 to PW3	I just used the tcc executable that lrizzo had at his web site. I do not know how he built it. I see by modifying your program to print argc that this build of tcc does not handle command-line parameters. When tested on my K5, it shows that argc has a large negative value that changes with each run, and argv[0] is a NULL pointer. I had not noticed that behavior before, but I had noticed that the tcc "-run" parameter did not run C programs as a script, so it has more than one bug. I suppose we need to rebuild tcc from source to see if that fixes it. It seems to work okay for things that do not need parameters. I do not recall what "splattered into bin" thing that twobob is talking about. Last edited by geekmaster; 08-12-2012 at 01:51 PM.