Programming
Contents
Atom as a full IDE
- Can I turn Atom into a full C++ IDE (forum thread)
- gpp-compiler
- Creating a toolbar in Atom
bash
Dialogs
- Text Entry Dialog using zenity
- Maybe YAD would be better...
- Examples
- Ooohhh... it IS better!
Some Links
C
C++
(Apparently, a language designed to make C programmers lose their minds...)
Converting numbers to strings
Problem Solving
Error] cannot pass objects of non-trivially-copyable type 'std::string {aka class std::basic_string<char>}' through '…'
Processing
JavaScript
Arduino (Language)
Data Type Conversions
char* to String
char *message = "Hello";
String myString = String(message);
String to char*
Messing about with strings & not Strings
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstring/
Specifically: strcat
Memory Saving
Some Libraries to Check Out
STUPID Library Compile Warnings!!!
Dear library writers,
Please fully debug your code before release.
It's not THAT difficult. Really.
I fully understand that compiler warnings do not indicate that your code will not work as expected, BUT, compiler warnings during a build are rather disconcerting.
Arduino Libraries
PubSubClient (2.8.0)
.pio/libdeps/SugarBush_SS_Climate_BME280/PubSubClient/src/PubSubClient.cpp: In member function 'boolean PubSubClient::publish_P(const char*, const uint8_t*, unsigned int, boolean)':
.pio/libdeps/SugarBush_SS_Climate_BME280/PubSubClient/src/PubSubClient.cpp:523:19: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions [-Wsign-compare]
return (rc == expectedLength);
^FIX: Add unsigned to the definition of expectedLength on line 487 of PubSubClient.cpp
SimpleTimer (0.0.0-alpha+sha.b30890b8f7)
.pio/libdeps/SugarBush_SS_Climate_BME280/SimpleTimer/SimpleTimer.cpp: In member function 'void SimpleTimer::run()':
.pio/libdeps/SugarBush_SS_Climate_BME280/SimpleTimer/SimpleTimer.cpp:66:60: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions [-Wsign-compare]
if (current_millis - prev_millis[i] >= delays[i]) {
^FIX: Add unsigned to the definition of delays[] on line 106 of SimpleTimer.h
Troubleshooting
When trying to compile things on a Linux machine...
You get silly-ass errors like fatal error: stdio.h: No such file or directory or other files missing that just don't make ANY sense...
sudo apt updatesudo apt install --reinstall build-essential
'Coz sumpin' borked yer compiler install...
Some Theory Discussion
About compiling & linking
(A long winded response to a comment in a Discord channel...)
"@Tinker's description isn't entirely accurate. "
"The linker includes sections from a library that are referenced by other sections that are required. "
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The linker is told at build time what libraries to use.
In general, the object code of a library is treated exactly like the object code of your program itself. (This is why many Arduino libraries are so bad for bloating your final binary...)
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"Old compilers emitted one lump for each compilation unit (producing a .o file) and the linker would include all or none of a .o from inside a library."
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New compilers also create one block of object code (.o file) per compilation unit.
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"Modern compilers break each compilation unit into many sections inside each .o file (like one per function, etc), and the linker is free to include only stuff that is referenced."
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You may be thinking of dynamic linking. In dynamic linking, the library is actually placed in a separate file by the linker & simply referenced from the main binary. This is fine for programs running on a computer with storage & an OS. (Doesn't work well on a microcontroller...)
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Typically "the programmer" wouldn't tell the linker what to include.
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In a fully functional build environment (old-school "makefile" bases building or more modern IDEs...) the programmer always tells the linker what to include. Many modern IDEs default a lot of this for you, but the process is still there.
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"The compiler that invokes the linker would include startup code (e.g. crt0.o) and that requires _main, which the requires more things that will be satisfied by other .o files or archive library files."
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The compiler doesn't invoke the linker. The linker is invoked AFTER the compiler (or multiple compilers) & acts on the object files created as output from the compiler.
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"Traditional *nix linkers make one pass through the list of libraries, not going back to an earlier library to get new things that may be required by a later one, so in some incestuous situations you had to include the same library more than once."
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If you include the actual library more than once, your program will not work. You may be thinking if the headers for the library (i.e.: `#include <library.h>`). This is not including the library, it is including the definitions that the library uses.
