we can't PUSH a byte?

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Teehee

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Teehee 09 Jul 2010, 11:08

Code:

push teste
push byte[teste]  ; Error: invalid size of operand
push word[teste]
push dword[teste]

teste db 0

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09 Jul 2010, 11:08

revolution
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revolution 09 Jul 2010, 11:09

No. The CPU does not support.

09 Jul 2010, 11:09

Teehee

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Teehee 09 Jul 2010, 11:10

oh.. o.o

09 Jul 2010, 11:10

Teehee

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Teehee 09 Jul 2010, 11:17

Code:

0040100C   6A 10              push    10h
0040100E   66:68 1000         push    word 10h
00401012   68 10000000        push    dword 10h

why in this case it stores 10h like a byte?

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09 Jul 2010, 11:17

shoorick

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shoorick 09 Jul 2010, 11:41

looks more as it stores it as dword Wink

try it under debugger step-by-step Wink

09 Jul 2010, 11:41

edemko

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edemko 09 Jul 2010, 11:42

push dword 10: $68'0000000a

09 Jul 2010, 11:42

edemko

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edemko 09 Jul 2010, 11:45

ie. fasm tries to optimize it to make code a less as possible until you specify explicit

09 Jul 2010, 11:45

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revolution 09 Jul 2010, 12:28

Teehee wrote:

Code:

0040100C   6A 10              push    10h
0040100E   66:68 1000         push    word 10h
00401012   68 10000000        push    dword 10h

why in this case it stores 10h like a byte?

The CPU can push signed values. 0x10 is sign extended to the operand size, in this case a dword.

Values up to 0x7f for positive, and down to 0x80 for negative.

|0x6a,0x80| will push 0xffffff80 to the stack. It is just a short form to save bytes in the code stream.

09 Jul 2010, 12:28

Teehee

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Teehee 09 Jul 2010, 12:35

nice.. thank you.

09 Jul 2010, 12:35

baldr

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baldr 11 Jul 2010, 02:15

Teehee,

If you, for any reason, need to push exactly a byte, lea esp, [esp-1] / mov byte[esp], something may be useful. Wink

11 Jul 2010, 02:15

sinsi

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sinsi 11 Jul 2010, 02:21

Don't push a word onto the stack in windows if you are going to call an API, the stack is supposed to be dword aligned

11 Jul 2010, 02:21

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