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when a user-defined type routine has side-effects (i.e. it sets a global variable, performs pokes into memory, I/O etc.). In that case, if with type_check is in effect, the Translator will issue code to call the type routine and report any type_check failure that results.

On Windows we have left out the /ol loop optimization for Watcom's wcc386. We found in a couple of rare cases that this option led to incorrect machine code being emitted by the Watcom C compiler. If you add it back in to your own makefile you might get a slight improvement in speed, with a slight risk of buggy code.

On Linux or FreeBSD you could try the -O3 option of gcc instead of -O2. It will "in-line" small routines, improving speed slightly, but creating a larger executable. You could also try the Intel C++ Compiler for Linux. It's compatible with GNU C, but some adjustments to your makefile might be required.

Common Problems

Many large programs have been successfully translated and compiled using each of the supported C compilers, and the Translator is now quite stable.

Note:

On Windows, if you call a C routine that uses the cdecl calling convention (instead of stdcall), you must specify a '+' character at the start of the routine's name in define_c_proc and define_c_func. If you don't, the call may not work when running the eui Interpreter.

In some cases a huge Euphoria routine is translated to C, and it proves to be too large for the C compiler to process. If you run into this problem, make your Euphoria routine smaller and simpler. You can also try turning off C optimization in your makefile for just the .c file that fails. Breaking up a single constant declaration of many variables into separate constant declarations of a single variable each, may also help. Euphoria has no limits on the size of a routine, or the size of a file, but most C compilers do. The Translator will automatically produce multiple small .c files from a large Euphoria file to avoid stressing the C compiler. It won't however, break a large routine into smaller routines.