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sport.h not C++-clean

Started by Kenneth Porter November 7, 2000
Compile a simple one-line program containing just this:

#include <sport.h>

Use the command line "cc21k -c -c++ foo.cpp".

Warnings are issued about const members in a class with no constructor,
because some of the bit fields in the SPORT register structures are
declared const volatile.

A possible alternative scheme is to provide an alternate C++
implementation: Declare the const volatile fields as private non-const
volatile and provide inline public "getter" methods to access these
fields. For example:

struct __sport_transmit_control_register
{
/* Status bits */
#if defined(__cplusplus)
private:
unsigned int volatile _txs:2; /* Read only TX Buffer status */
unsigned int volatile _tuvf:1; /* Read only undeflow status */
unsigned int volatile _chnl:5; /* Read only current channel */
public:
// accessors for read-only fields
unsigned txs() const { return _txs; }
unsigned tuvf() const { return _tuvf; }
unsigned chnl() const { return _chnl; }
#else
unsigned int const volatile txs:2; /* Read only TX Buffer status
*/
unsigned int const volatile tuvf:1; /* Read only undeflow status
*/
unsigned int const volatile chnl:5; /* Read only current channel
*/
#endif
....
};

Kenneth Porter
Kensington Laboratories, Inc.
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http://www.kensingtonlabs.com