Re: Named PUSH/PUP suggestion

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From: Binyamin Dissen
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 17:12

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On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 10:13:24 -0400 David Cole <dbcole@colesoft.com> wrote:

:>Sometimes when developing code I mismatch my Assembler PUSH/POP
:>statements, and finding the excess PUSH or POP often is a tedious process.

:>As it happens (and for unrelated reasons), I often replace the
:>Assembler PUSH/POP instructions with macros.

:>Recently it occurred to me, why don't I give my PUSH and POP
:>statements matching names... Well, the native PUSH/POP statements do
:>not permit name fields, but since I'm using my own macros, then why not...

:>Two advantages arise. First, with matching name fields, it's now very
:>easy for me to find unmatched PUSH/POPs.

:>Second, the name could serve as tokens allowing for a single POP to
:>pop all PUSH's at and lower than the corresponding named PUSH.

:>Third, if a named POP does not have a corresponding PUSH, then the
:>assembler could flag that error on the spot.

:>What do you think?

Couldn't hurt.

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