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yaros



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yaros 07 Jan 2024, 19:32
Hey, I got blocked by a nasty bug Sad

Code:
dw 454o
dw 300
    


This simple code should assemble as 4 bytes 0x12C, but when using octal it drops the high bit...

Code:
$hexdump bug
0000000 002c 012c                              
    
Post 07 Jan 2024, 19:32
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yaros



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yaros 07 Jan 2024, 20:25
So I did fix it, I think. I'm not good at x86 assembly, but I'm going to leave the patch here, just because I'm not sure how often fasmg gets released.

I'm surprised (and not, at the same time) that this was never noticed Smile But the only reason I'm using octal, is because I'm working with old Unix code, otherwise I'd just stick to hexadecimal.

Code:
*** fasmg/source/expressions_orig.inc   2023-06-22 13:55:48.000000000 -0600
--- fasmg/source/expressions.inc        2024-01-07 13:15:00.365383243 -0700
***************
*** 281,287 ****
        shl     eax,cl
        or      [edi],al
        sub     ebx,1
!       jc      number_converted
        add     cl,3
        cmp     cl,8
        jb      octal_digit
--- 281,287 ----
        shl     eax,cl
        or      [edi],al
        sub     ebx,1
!       jc      finish_octal
        add     cl,3
        cmp     cl,8
        jb      octal_digit
***************
*** 290,295 ****
--- 290,302 ----
        mov     [edi],ah
        xor     eax,eax
        jmp     octal_digit
+       finish_octal:
+       add     cl,3
+       cmp     cl,8
+       jb      number_converted
+       inc     edi
+       mov     [edi],ah
+       jmp number_converted
        skip_octal_digit:
        sub     ebx,1
        jnc     octal_digit
    
Post 07 Jan 2024, 20:25
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Tomasz Grysztar



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Tomasz Grysztar 07 Jan 2024, 20:29
Confirmed, the bug was causing this very simple test to fail:
Code:
assert 454o = 0454o    

It's fixed in kaqg.
Post 07 Jan 2024, 20:29
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yaros



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yaros 08 Jan 2024, 03:55
That was fast. Thanks!
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