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SAS/C 6.x — Compiler Reference

Overview

SAS/C (originally Lattice C) was the dominant commercial C compiler for AmigaOS. Version 6.58 is the final release. It produces optimised 68k code with full AmigaOS integration, including pragma-based system calls and SAS-specific debug formats.


Key Features

Feature Description
Register args Automatic register parameter passing
Pragmas #pragma libcall for direct library LVO calls
Small data A4-relative addressing for globals
Profiling Built-in sprof profiler
Debug format SAS stabs (=APS tag in HUNK_DEBUG)
Optimizer Global optimizer (lc -O) with peephole

Pragma Format

/* dos_pragmas.h — generated from FD files: */
#pragma libcall DOSBase Open 1e 2102
/*                       ^^   ^^ ^^^^
                         name LVO reg-encoding
   reg-encoding: 2=D2, 1=D1, 0=result in D0, 2 args */

#pragma libcall DOSBase Close 24 101
#pragma libcall DOSBase Read 2a 32103

Register encoding: digits map to registers (1=D0, 2=D1, ... 9=A0, A=A1, etc.)


Compilation

lc -v -O -b0 -j73 hello.c     ; compile
blink hello.o TO hello LIB lib:sc.lib lib:amiga.lib  ; link
Flag Meaning
-v Verbose
-O Optimise
-b0 Small data model (A4-relative)
-b1 Large data model
-j73 Generate 68020/68881 code
-d0 No debug info
-d2 Full debug info

References

  • SAS/C 6.x User Manual
  • NDK39 pragma files: NDK_3.9/Include/pragmas/