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fasmnewbie



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fasmnewbie 03 Sep 2014, 15:30
I want to know if there's any technical differences between these two;

Code:
tst dd 1,1000000,100000,\  
       10000,1000,100,10    


and

Code:
tst dd 1,1000000,100000
    dd 10000,1000,100,10    


In a declaration like this below:

Code:
locals
           frac db 0    ;marker
           both db 0    ;marker
           big db 0     ;marker
           small db 0   ;marker
           large db 0   ;marker
           num dd 0     ;integral part
           num2 dd 0    ;fraction part
           idx dd 0     ;for small
           ndx dd 1     ;For big and large
           exponent dd 0
           mantissa dd 0.0
           copy dd 0.0
           y dd 10.0    ;divisor/multiplier
           tst dd 1,1000000,100000,\  ;<------ here
                  10000,1000,100,10
endl    


thanks Very Happy
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shutdownall



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shutdownall 03 Sep 2014, 19:29
No there is no difference.
Could even be:

Code:
tst dd 1
    dd 1000000
    dd 100000
    dd 10000
    dd 1000
    dd 100
    dd 10
    


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fasmnewbie



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fasmnewbie 03 Sep 2014, 20:05
shutdownall

Ok.

But I get different answer in EAX. Is it something about the addressing of proc locals?

Code:
format pe console
include 'win32axp.inc'
;include 'dbg32.inc'

call tester

invoke system,"pause>null"
invoke exit,0

proc tester
     locals
     val dd 31h,32h,33h    ;displays whatever
         dd 34h,35h,36h
     ;val dd 31h,32h,33h,\ ;displays 34h. Correct
     ;       34h,35h,36h
     endl
     mov eax,[val+12]
     ;prtreg@ eax
     ret
endp

data import
     library msvcrt,'msvcrt.dll'
     import msvcrt,\
            system,'system',exit,'exit',\
            putchar,'putchar',getchar,'getchar'
end data    


On the contrary, the first set of "val" works outside locals.
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revolution 03 Sep 2014, 23:00
The locals macro won't initialise the values for unnamed data declarations. Outside of a proc definition the dd functions normally.
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typedef



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typedef 04 Sep 2014, 05:20
Code:
locals 
           frac db 0    ;marker                1 bytes
           both db 0    ;marker               2 bytes
           big db 0     ;marker                3 bytes
           small db 0   ;marker               4 bytes
           large db 0   ;marker                <-------------------- orphaned byte
           num dd 0     ;integral part 
           num2 dd 0    ;fraction part 
           idx dd 0     ;for small 
           ndx dd 1     ;For big and large 
           exponent dd 0 
           mantissa dd 0.0 
           copy dd 0.0 
           y dd 10.0    ;divisor/multiplier 
           tst dd 1,1000000,100000,\  ;<------ here 
                  10000,1000,100,10 
endl
    


You might want to at least WORD align the stack there.
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fasmnewbie



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fasmnewbie 04 Sep 2014, 08:14
revolution wrote:
The locals macro won't initialise the values for unnamed data declarations. Outside of a proc definition the dd functions normally.
Noted. Thanks
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fasmnewbie 04 Sep 2014, 08:21
typedef wrote:
Code:
locals 
           frac db 0    ;marker                1 bytes
           both db 0    ;marker               2 bytes
           big db 0     ;marker                3 bytes
           small db 0   ;marker               4 bytes
           large db 0   ;marker                <-------------------- orphaned byte
           num dd 0     ;integral part 
           num2 dd 0    ;fraction part 
           idx dd 0     ;for small 
           ndx dd 1     ;For big and large 
           exponent dd 0 
           mantissa dd 0.0 
           copy dd 0.0 
           y dd 10.0    ;divisor/multiplier 
           tst dd 1,1000000,100000,\  ;<------ here 
                  10000,1000,100,10 
endl
    


You might want to at least WORD align the stack there.


That's a great tip. Now my proc behaves as expected when I test it into some big test loop. Thanks guru.
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