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From: tanner@ki4pv.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Portable "asm" (Was: The D Programming Language)
Message-ID: <6917@ki4pv.uucp>
Date: 4 Mar 88 00:18:42 GMT
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Summary: portable "asm".  military intelligence.  government assistance.

Portable "asm".  Right.  All the world isn't a 68K, but all machines
have the same instruction set and registers.

Now, if I were implementing an "asm" construct, I'd probably do
something cheesy like
#asm
	Assembly code here.  Syntax as proper for local assembler.
	Be sure to enclose the "#asm" block within local #ifdef or
	be prepared for a surprise when you try to port.  May not
	be available on the compiler for the next machine you need.
#endasm

The local pre-processor (if not part of CC) needs to know how to pass
the "#asm" and "#endasm", of course.  Put it on the same list as the
thing that passes "#line" constructs.
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