Adjusting the stack pointer

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From: John Russell
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1988 05:21

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Manx-generated code uses the form

addq.w #(4*N),sp
     ^

to reset the stack pointer after calling a function with N (long) args on the 
stack.  Examples which adhere to the syntax of other Amiga assemblers use

addq.l #(4*N),sp
     ^

Is the Manx format dangerous if the stack is being incremented past a
64k boundary? Is there a reason to use one and not the other?

John
-- 
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!garfield!john13
From: john13@garfield.MUN.EDU (John Russell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Adjusting the stack pointer
Keywords: assembler A7 SP
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Date: 22 Dec 88 05:21:41 GMT
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Organization: CS Dept., Memorial U. of Newfoundland, St. John's
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