Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!overload!dillon From: dillon@overload.UUCP (Matthew Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: DICE bug #umpteen found Message-ID: Date: 11 Jun 90 00:06:54 GMT References: <2043@mindlink.UUCP> Lines: 26 >In article <2043@mindlink.UUCP> a275@mindlink.UUCP (Travers Naran) writes: > > I found an interesting little bug yesterday after I installed DICE on >my system. I compiled my regular torture testing programs with DICE and it >failed. What happened was in one program I was compiling (my own linker >library) das reported about a dozen illegal 68000 commands one of which was a >command for: > move.0 .... > > Now, Mr. Dillon, is this a new op-code we haven't heard of yet? :-) That's what happens when 0-length integers (i.e. VOIDs) get passed to the code generator (they are supposed to be deleted before then). If you can isolate the problem into a small example and email it to me I'd much appreciate it! I expect a second shareware release in a month or less (I hope Tad gets the first release posted to you guys soon!) -Matt -- Matthew Dillon uunet.uu.net!overload!dillon 891 Regal Rd. Berkeley, Ca. 94708 USA