Problem with div (1.9.0, arm7tdmi)

[Lewin A.R.W. Edwards]

Hi Ingo,

> > I have been experiencing a very odd bug in div() from newlib 1.9.0 on an
> > arm7tdmi target (using gcc 2.95.2/cygwin). The manifestation of the bug is
> > that subroutines will spontaneously return out of the middle of the
> > routine, or hang, especially on nested div calls. I eventually tracked down
>
>Of course it should work, but you should try
>y = (div(a,b)).rem;
>and
>div_t   q = div(a,b);
>x = q.quot;
>y = q.rem;

Thanks for this suggestion, I didn't think of it. Returning structures has 
"just worked" in other contexts for me, I didn't suspect it as the problem.


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