RE: U1-8 Switches: Similar to *LDA ?

[Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JMoore wrote:

>What are the performance implications of 
>passing large physical sized parameters?

Hi J.!  I haven't seen any performance ramifications; probably because the
parameters aren't "passed" or moved from program to program.  The caller is
the only place the variable is stored.  The called program refers to the
parameter there, in the caller's storage.  This presumes passing by
reference, of course, but this is the default behaviour.

Then again, this thread was about 8 characters worth of UPSI.  You can't
readily pass more than 256 bytes of "parameter data" with switches anyway,
and decoding THAT would be a chore!
nU1 nU2 nU3 nU4 nU5 nU6 nU7 nU8 = choice 0
nU1 nU2 nU3 nU4 nU5 nU6 nU7  U8  = choice 1
nU1 nU2 nU3 nU4 nU5 nU6  U7 nU8  = choice 2
etc...

Buck Calabro
Commsoft; Albany, NY
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 that which we least know" -- Michel Montaigne
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