Re: MOVEA -> EVAL

[bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx]

>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:59:41 -0700
>From: "Peter Dow" <pcdow@yahoo.com>
>
>Couldn't you simplify some of that a little?
>    pSrc = %addr(arr1(n))
>    pTgt = %addr(arr2(m))

Oops.  You're right.

>And just a nit on the padding example -- if tgtlen < srclen, it would be
>truncating.

Yes, it would be truncating, but it has to truncate if the source is
longer than the target.  I think that part is correct.  What wasn't
correct was the non-padding case - there should be a check to make sure
srcLen isn't too long for the target.

>I think this is a case where I'd stick with the fixed format opcode MOVEA
--
>free format is obviously not a panacea.

I suppose so.  Can you (or anyone) think of a reason to use MOVEA?
Maybe we should say "MOVEA is not a panacea".

Barbara

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