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11/06/08 13:35
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#159832 - A limited example
Responding to: ???'s previous message
There are mainly two problems involved:
1) The inline assembler may often not support all instructions, or all addressing modes.

2) The compiler may have hard-coded the detection of the few assembler instructions used in the header files, to catch their behaviour in relation to the automatically generated code. Most inline assemblers have significant limitations in regards to allowed constructs. You may for example be unable to create externally linkable symbols with inline assembly.

So #include files using __asm { xxx } will only prove that these specific constructs are safe to use. Only the manual - or heavy reading of the internal source code - may reveal the full extent of the inline assembler support.

It is an example where we can establish the possibility of using inline assembly without reading the manual or the source code. But it is not valid to extrapolate from these intrinsics into any general case.

List of 48 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Asm and C            01/01/70 00:00      
   Depends!            01/01/70 00:00      
      Also            01/01/70 00:00      
         No! Not Inline!!            01/01/70 00:00      
            why not inline?            01/01/70 00:00      
               I agree with Andy (at least for Keil), but ....            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Keil specifically            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Keil and reasoning            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Jan...Take it from experience...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           can you please explain?            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Example??            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 I am curious            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Use these references in lieu of examples:            01/01/70 00:00      
                              I explained it earlier; example here            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 I now see the point with Keil...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Often intrinsic use of inline assembler            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Not a safe assumption?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          No, extrapolation not allowed            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          but if it is a macro...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             A limited example            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                an opinion            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Keil specifically - more            01/01/70 00:00      
               Why Not inline C            01/01/70 00:00      
               Inline assembler - Avoid! Avoid!!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  in order to keep things together            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I do            01/01/70 00:00      
                        from where I sit...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           you said it            01/01/70 00:00      
                              this has nothing to do with it            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 asm *functions* embedded in C-majority source file            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Whay Not???            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    My view point on ASM in C            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       That is the point            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 here is one - at least re Keil            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Maybe not here, but...            01/01/70 00:00      
            I do not disagree            01/01/70 00:00      
   Compiler ?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Get the manual when/where you get the compiler            01/01/70 00:00      
   and C in asm ?            01/01/70 00:00      
      C first?            01/01/70 00:00      
         not used to call compiler generated asm so translate by hand            01/01/70 00:00      
      if a compiler can do it            01/01/70 00:00      
      depends on the compiler            01/01/70 00:00      
         SDCC...            01/01/70 00:00      
            What assembler?            01/01/70 00:00      
               SB-asm            01/01/70 00:00      
                  In principle this should work.            01/01/70 00:00      
                  OTOH, why not simply write in ASM?            01/01/70 00:00      

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