Is modedefs.bas still required for pbp3 ?

[longpole001]

i have included it for shiftin/out and some serial stuff , adding the alisis can be done in the program , but by including it does the same , but if pbp3 has these built in then i can drop the alias lists

[EarlyBird2]

i have included it for shiftin/out and some serial stuff , adding the alisis can be done in the program , but by including it does the same , but if pbp3 has these built in then i can drop the alias lists

From the manual for PBP3

The Mode names (e.g. MSBPRE) are defined in the file MODEDEFS.BAS. To use them, add the line:
Include "modedefs.bas"
to the top of the PICBASIC PRO program.

which tells us that they are not included in PBP3. As Archangel said in #3 use the mode numbers instead of the mode alias to save space.

[Archangel]

I am not certain using the mode numbers will change the size of the compiled code by much or any, it will reduce the source code size. I simply have not compared them.

[HenrikOlsson]

Hi,
The file does not contain any runtime code what so ever. Including it does in no way change the size of generated .hex file so there's nothing to be gained by not including it if you're aiming to reduce the footprint of the actual .hex

/Henrik.