I have the same problem here. This problem shows with the most recent preprocessor update fron April 28, 2009. Try installing a previous version of SDCC.
At 04:46 PM 02/05/2009, you wrote: >I feel like an idiot... I installed SDCC via the windows EXE installer >today and I am going through the manual (which seems for an older >version, btw). it says to first make sure that sdcc can be found by >using the --version argument. That works fine. But, the next step is to >try to make it compile something by typing in a small program that is : > >char test; >void main(void) { >test=0; >} > >I did that and saved it as test.c and typed "sdcc -c test.c" without >quotes, of coarse. Then windows complained that sdcpp has encountered a >problem yada yada yada. Then, in my command window, the compiler >complained that it couldn't compile an empty file. > >I have tried searching for a solution to this but my searches proved >fruitless. Any idea what I am doing wrong? Is the test program getting >optimized away? > >Thanks, >Kevin > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations >Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of >expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry >leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf >and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf >_______________________________________________ >Sdcc-user mailing list >Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Sdcc-user mailing list Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user