Hi folks, I am planning to write a parser which support variables, iteration construct and conditional statement along with basic I/O commands, and this so-called compiler will generate a PE with relevant code + data section (while import table is fixed) programmatically.

Since I introduce variable with string and integer data types in my own programming language, I have an issue with range checking on cases such as integer overflow or division by zero.

For example, the program with following code would just exit silently.(EDIT: mistake here, the program won't quit unexpectedly. I was using the wrong format specifier for wsprintf. But still, it is best if can perform range checking beforehand)



How to perform range checking before adding the two numbers (0ffffffffh and 2) so that I can display a text string saying ,e.g. Runtime error XXX, integer overflow.

And I see PE format spec has listed Debug in optional header, how do I make use of that?

The conditional instructions operating on CF are unsigned. Whereas those that rely on SF & OF are signed branches. The ZF ones are both. I suggest writing a little test - especially for the bounds of your number format.

Thanks for the suggestion. Maybe I should add the numbers first then determine using flags like you said.[/i]

Thank you. At first I thought can detect overflow before adding the numbers.... so your code and @bitRAKE explanation have clarified it in simple solution.

You can also use the carry flag to extend the addition to more precision.

Thumb up for this!

BTW, as for the variables in higher programming language, can I define each of these variables as follows?


I see the var0001 and var0002 has occupied 288 bytes at the beginning of the code section with null bytes.

About the size of code section, can I adjust it to fit 512 bytes or multiple of 512 bytes (because the code section would be larger than usual if I store multiple variables in it) while the rest of the sections (data section & import table) remain at 512 bytes minimum? It would save me some hassle if you or anyone know this.

32-bit integers are only 4 bytes, or one dword. If you use the PE format for Windows then the sections are always aligned to 512 in the .exe file. Each section can be any size as long as it fits into memory.