topic Re: vSemaphoreCreateBinary compilation error in LPCXpresso IDE https://community.nxp.com/t5/LPCXpresso-IDE/vSemaphoreCreateBinary-compilation-error/m-p/640928#M32620 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>According to the FrreRTOS docs, you should not be using vSemaphoreCreateBinary. It says.</P><P></P><P><EM>NOTE: The vSemaphoreCreateBinary() macro remains in the source code to ensure backward compatibility, but it should not be used in new designs. Use the xSemaphoreCreateBinary() function instead.</EM></P><P><EM>Also, in many cases, it is faster and more memory efficient to use a direct to task notification in place of a binary semaphore.</EM></P><P></P><P>See</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://www.freertos.org/a00121.html" title="http://www.freertos.org/a00121.html">FreeRTOS is a truely free and small footprint RTOS for microcontrollers. This page describes the vSemaphoreCreateBinary…</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 11 Mar 2017 17:25:39 GMT converse 2017-03-11T17:25:39Z vSemaphoreCreateBinary compilation error https://community.nxp.com/t5/LPCXpresso-IDE/vSemaphoreCreateBinary-compilation-error/m-p/640927#M32619 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We are using freeRTOS &amp; using vSemaphoreCreateBinary</P><P>getting error at build as "semphr.h:121:2: error: expected identifier or '(' before '{' token"</P><P></P><P>please help to resolve this</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Mar 2017 10:09:56 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/LPCXpresso-IDE/vSemaphoreCreateBinary-compilation-error/m-p/640927#M32619 mandarpadwal 2017-03-10T10:09:56Z Re: vSemaphoreCreateBinary compilation error https://community.nxp.com/t5/LPCXpresso-IDE/vSemaphoreCreateBinary-compilation-error/m-p/640928#M32620 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>According to the FrreRTOS docs, you should not be using vSemaphoreCreateBinary. It says.</P><P></P><P><EM>NOTE: The vSemaphoreCreateBinary() macro remains in the source code to ensure backward compatibility, but it should not be used in new designs. Use the xSemaphoreCreateBinary() function instead.</EM></P><P><EM>Also, in many cases, it is faster and more memory efficient to use a direct to task notification in place of a binary semaphore.</EM></P><P></P><P>See</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://www.freertos.org/a00121.html" title="http://www.freertos.org/a00121.html">FreeRTOS is a truely free and small footprint RTOS for microcontrollers. This page describes the vSemaphoreCreateBinary…</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 11 Mar 2017 17:25:39 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/LPCXpresso-IDE/vSemaphoreCreateBinary-compilation-error/m-p/640928#M32620 converse 2017-03-11T17:25:39Z