RE: [cc65] Print heart character on C64?

 
> The cc65 tools have to translate the ASCII stuff to the 
> target platforms that don't support ASCII.

True... But if I tell CC65 that I want a \x73 shouldn't I get a $73?? I
understand your point but IMHO I think that if I tell the compiler I want X
character I should get X character. :)

> BTW it's not the compiler but the linker that translates  strings.
> This  way you can compile C source to an object file and link it into 
> executables for different target platforms and always get the correct 
> text output.

Keep in mind that I am no C/C++ expert... So correct me if I am wrong, but I
believe your statement above is incorrect. When I run CC65 like this:

cc65 -O -t c64 hello1.c

Generates the "hello1.s" assembly file. If I open the "hello1.s" file I see
that this string in the source code:

"\nhello world! \x73"

Is translated into this:

L0001:
	.byte
$0D,$48,$45,$4C,$4C,$4F,$20,$57,$4F,$52,$4C,$44,$21,$20,$53,$00

See? I never even got to the linker stage before the $73 was converted to
$53. :(

Thanks,
/*Raj*/

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