2.6 Reading the Documentation

Currently reading the document in pdf format is recommended, as for unknown reason the hyperlinks are working there whereas in the html version they are not^2.1.
You'll find the pdf version at http://sdcc.sf.net/doc/sdccman.pdf.
A html version should be online at http://sdcc.sf.net/doc/sdccman.html/index.html.
This documentation is in some aspects different from a commercial documentation:

• It tries to document SDCC for several processor architectures in one document (commercially these probably would be separate documents/products). This document currently matches SDCC for mcs51 and DS390 best and does give too few information about f.e. Z80, PIC14, PIC16 and HC08.
• There are many references pointing away from this documentation. Don't let this distract you. If there f.e. was a reference like http://www.opencores.org together with a statement ''some processors which are targetted by SDCC can be implemented in a field programmable gate array'' or http://sf.net/projects/fpgac ''have you ever heard of an open source compiler that compiles a subset of C for an FPGA?'' we expect you to have a quick look there and come back. If you read this you are on the right track.
• Some sections attribute more space to problems, restrictions and warnings than to the solution.
• The installation section and the section about the debugger is intimidating.
• There are still lots of typos and there are more different writing styles than pictures.