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From: wei@tiger.Princeton.EDU (P Wei)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: questions for SmallTalk/V.
Message-ID: <192@tiger.Princeton.EDU>
Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 10:22:29 EDT
Article-I.D.: tiger.192
Posted: Thu Aug  6 10:22:29 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 8-Aug-87 11:44:21 EDT
Organization: EE, Princeton University
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Keywords: object pointer

I would like to write a primitive in assembly language , which
returns a Float object.
In the assembly code, the floating number is stored in CS:floatbuffer
which is 8 bytes long.
Now, before I return to smalltalk by calling exitWithSuccess macro,
I should put the result object pointer into BX register.
Question: What should I put in BX, giving the situation above?
(or should I move the float number into smalltalk image ? where and how?)
* the primitive will be in class String with the name asFloat
* I will also need the primitive for my custom class.
HP Wei        princeton!tiger!wei