[Coco] gcc-coco revisited

[David]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 11:00:58AM -0500, KnudsenMJ at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/31/03 8:14:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> dbree at duo-county.com writes:
> 
> > The biggest problem right now is the addition of the "direct" directive
> >  to gcc.  I'm sure it can be done, but it's going to take some studying
> >  (for me, if I do it) to learn how to add a directive to gcc.
> 
> And how to make it affect the output code.
> At least Microware C did a great job on "direct."

I think I know the answer to this.  Once we get "direct" inserted - it
would set a flag, then, when it comes time to write the line(s) into the
source file, you use DP code, rather than extended.  

> You can't write really efficient 6809 code without it!  Global variables rule!

Exactly!  "Direct" is a must.  Actually, we would need this in the RSDOS
version, too.