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From: Binyamin Dissen
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:00
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On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 11:07:54 -0700 Edward Jaffe <edjaffe@phoenixsoftware.com> wrote: :>Abe Kornelis wrote: :>> You state the D' attribute was designed especially for the :>> purpose I had in mind. Well - it does not test whether a field :>> will be defined - it only tests whether or not a field has been :>> defined prior to the D' attribute reference. :>> This is a very useful feature, but in this case, I need to know :>> in advance whether or not invocation of the mapping macro :>> will or will not generate a given field. D' does not tell in advance, :>> not even in open code.... :>If you can foretell the future, can you then take steps to alter it? :>Such a conundrum/paradox might be fun to ponder while under the :>influence of mind-altering chemicals. But, in the real world of :>assembler language programming, a "crystal ball" seems like an :>unreasonable request to me. Allow a first pass to get as much symbol information as possible, and then start assembling on the second pass. I find DSECTs at the beginning of the program to be quite ugly. -- Binyamin Dissen <bdissen@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies.
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From: Binyamin Dissen <bdissen@dissensoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Look-ahead question
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 21:00:10 +0200
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