Re: Fastcode CharPosRev B&V 0.6.0

The negative offsets are only use to set base addresses. At no time is
memory outside of that allocated to the string ever referenced.

I am no concerned about needing the $R-. All this means is that the
programmer must take responsibility for range checking instead of the
compiler. The need for R- is very common where performance is the main
criteria (try compiling the RTL with range checking on!).

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regards,
John

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"Davy Landman" <davy.landman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi John,

Nice idea, but would it be an good idea to read then bytes for the start
of the string?

-4 = size
-8 = refcount...
but -12/10 ?

Looking at the code I can see it will probably be faster..
my code generates to an [esi+eax+$01-$04], while your code will lead to an
[esi + $00-$00].. nice idea :)

allthough too bad the R+ is needed..

Regards,
Davy




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