Data definition directive for 16-bytes operands

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Hunter

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Hunter 11 Oct 2006, 10:11

Does FASM support data definition directives for 16-bytes operands (for example ddq)?

11 Oct 2006, 10:11

vid
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vid 11 Oct 2006, 10:20

i think that it would be problem... fasm internally stores integers as 8byte values

11 Oct 2006, 10:20

Hunter

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Hunter 13 Oct 2006, 14:45

Tomasz, what do you think about it? Is it really big problem? This data definition directive would be very convenient Smile

13 Oct 2006, 14:45

vid
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vid 13 Oct 2006, 15:01

Hunter: can you give some example where you will use these numbers?

13 Oct 2006, 15:01

Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar 13 Oct 2006, 15:32

Look at the WIN64/MANDEL example, which uses the 16-byte packed data types. I don't know of any other appliance of such data sizes.

13 Oct 2006, 15:32

Hunter

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Hunter 13 Oct 2006, 17:01

Examples? SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3 and forthcoming SSE4.

13 Oct 2006, 17:01

Reverend

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Reverend 17 Oct 2006, 12:26

For my SSE use (my processor doesn't have later SSE extensions) I use:

Code:

data_definition1 rd 4
data_definition2 dd 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0

movups xmm0, dqword [data_definition1]
movups xmm1, dqword [data_definition2]

17 Oct 2006, 12:26

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