Re: Optimizing Static Variable Layout


Betov wrote:
> randyhyde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx écrivait news:1114614885.745323.91970
> @o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
>
> > It *does* come as a surprise to people who want to control the
> > placement of variables in RosAsm. If someone types:
> >
> > [a:B$ 1]
> > [b:B$ 2]
> >
> > They probably wouldn't expect these two declarations to consume
eight
> > bytes in their static data's address space.
>
> I do not think we have any user with an IQ low enough
> for not writing:
>
> [a:B$ 1
> b:B$ 2]
>
> :)

Unless the two lines are generated with two separate macros. Macros
rarely have high IQs. The first macro would need to communicate to the
second that the declaration is unfinished.

--
Regards
Alex McDonald

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