portTickType xTaskGetTickCount( void )

Why is xTaskGetTickCount not like this? #if configUSE_16_BIT_TICKS == 0     xTicks = xTickCount; #else     /* Critical section required if running on a 16 bit processor. */     taskENTER_CRITICAL();     {         xTicks = xTickCount;     }     taskEXIT_CRITICAL(); #endif Thanks Richard B. for a great package! David.

portTickType xTaskGetTickCount( void )

You are not the first to point that out.  There are several optimisations that could be made along these lines. A couple of notes: 1) One of the original aims was to avoid using conditional compilation in this way – although this goal already went South as more features and ports were added. 2) Its not just a 16bit ticks definition thing, consider also the case where an 8bit processor is using 16bit tick values.  Also, when using a 32bit processor and 32bit ticks you can remove the whole thing. Regards.