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| author | Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@mit.edu> | 2010-11-21 01:40:37 -0500 |
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| committer | Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@mit.edu> | 2010-11-21 01:40:37 -0500 |
| commit | c770a7f14404822c1164a2399079411a37808cfd (patch) | |
| tree | 599188be6e3a5d105f9b8c4baba19d280b3d1058 /source/arduino/bytecast.rst | |
| parent | 4b60b1cad5fe16895179d0bd8a5dc1e6e4c7564c (diff) | |
| download | librambutan-c770a7f14404822c1164a2399079411a37808cfd.tar.gz librambutan-c770a7f14404822c1164a2399079411a37808cfd.zip | |
updated serial bootloader spec; other improvements
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diff --git a/source/arduino/bytecast.rst b/source/arduino/bytecast.rst index 38aec36..348c9fb 100644 --- a/source/arduino/bytecast.rst +++ b/source/arduino/bytecast.rst @@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ Description Converts a value to the :ref:`byte <arduino-byte>` data type. -.. warning:: +.. note:: Casting to the byte type is provided for compatibility with - Arduino. However, ``byte`` is a non-standard type. The standard - C++ type for storing an 8-bit unsigned integer is ``unsigned - char``, and we recommend using that instead. + Arduino. However, the recommended Maple type for storing an 8-bit + unsigned integer is ``uint8``. (C and C++ programmers: ``stdint.h`` + is also available). - In order to cast a variable ``x`` to an ``unsigned char``, the + In order to cast a variable ``x`` to a ``uint8``, the following syntax can be used:: - (unsigned char)(x); + uint8(x); Syntax ------ @@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ See Also -.. include:: cc-attribution.txt
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