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_shura

Joined: 22 May 2015
Posts: 61

_shura 03 Aug 2017, 15:21

Ohai,
is there a way to set the current pointer in file/virtual, so a `db num` would overwrite already written data?
I can get the current position in virtual with `$`, but if i change its value, it does change the value of `$`, but this neither change the actual position, nor `$` points to the current position anymore.
Well, I could replace `db` with a custom macro, which allocates some bytes with `rb` and then use `store` instead. I already solved it that way, but I really do not like it this way. Its a mess,
I guess, this is the only way?

03 Aug 2017, 15:21

Tomasz Grysztar

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 8359
Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar 03 Aug 2017, 19:01

STORE is the only way to modify already assembled data. But you could use some nice wrapper macro to make this less clunky:

Code:

macro at? address
        virtual at address
        macro end?.at?
                local buffer,size
                load buffer:$-$$ from $$
                end virtual
                store buffer:lengthof buffer at address
                purge end?.at?
        end macro
end macro

Code:

; example of use:

repeat 256
        db %-1
end repeat

at 30h
        db 'test'
        dd 0
end at

The macro can also be extended to allow modifying other addressing spaces:

Code:

macro at? target
        local place,addr
        match space:address, target
                virtual at address
        else
                virtual at target
        end match
        macro end?.at?
                local buffer,size
                load buffer:$-$$ from $$
                end virtual
                store buffer:lengthof buffer at target
                purge end?.at?
        end macro
end macro

Code:

; example of use:

first::
repeat 128
        db %-1
end repeat

org 0

second::
repeat 128
        db %-1
end repeat

at first:30h
        db 'test'
        dd 0
end at

03 Aug 2017, 19:01

_shura

Joined: 22 May 2015
Posts: 61

_shura 03 Aug 2017, 23:05

ohai,
thank you, but I solved it a bit different now.
With virtuals too, but in a non-generic way.
I do not overwrite existing data, I create data only if finally done.
Anyway, I like your solution too^^, but it could be a nice-to-have if I just have to set another value to $/$% to change the position.

03 Aug 2017, 23:05

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