CCS/MSP430G2553: Can I read the GIE bit?

Thanks, Bruce. I hunted around and could not find the __get_SR_register() command. 

It is an intrinsic like delay_cycles()

Where do I find  a summary of these directives? Thanks again for your help.

There's a list in CC User Guide (SLAU132S) Table 6-5. There's not a whole lot of explanation, but mostly you can guess.

Alternatively, once you've typed (e.g.) __get_SR_register(), right-click on it and "Go To Declaration" then see what's declared nearby.

Lee Gordon said:

The reason is that, while debugging a project, the GIE bit gets cleared, and I have no idea why. If I can read the bit, perhaps I can find the code that is causing the problem. 

If so, it may be same problem as described in CCS/MSP430F2274: Placing new software breakpoint clears GIE, preventing interrupts from triggering, which is an outstanding issue in the MSPDebugStack.

Probably so, though I haven't paid sufficient attention to the sequence to be sure.