questions about mplab

How can I make MPLAB import a HEX file with comments or import a HEX file specified on a commandline?

I'm working with the CCS c compiler which produces its object files in the Intel 32 bit HEX format, aka INHX32. This compiler has a directive which causes it to put comments in these files. The comment lines are at the beginning of the file, and begin with a semicolon, like so: ; This is a comment :020000040000FA :1000000007EF33F0000C...

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GCC error: array type has incomplete element type

I'm trying to build a module table for my application. /*** MODULE TABLE DEFINTION ***/ struct ModuleInfo { char use_module; // 0 = don't use, 1 = use, -1 for end of list char module_name[64]; // english name of module int(*module_init)(void); // module initialization callback void(*module_tick)(void); // module tick cal...

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Is it possible to "embed" a structure of variable type into another structure? (GCC)

Is it possible to embed a structure of varying type inside another structure in C? Basically I want to do something like this. struct A { int n; void *config; } struct AConfig { int a; char *b; } struct BConfig { int a; float b; } const struct A table[] = { { 103, (void*)(struct AConfig){ 1932, "hello" } }, { 438, (void*)(str...