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reply Tiago Gasiba <tiago.gasiba gmail.com> writes:
Dear all,

  In the document http://www.digitalmars.com/d/iasm.html, section "Operand
Types" does not contain the keyword "qword ptr".
  This keyword is required even for 32bit machines. Some MMX instructions take
arguments of this type!
  Did I miss something?


Best,
Tiago

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Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Dec 20 2005
parent reply "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:
"Tiago Gasiba" <tiago.gasiba gmail.com> wrote in message 
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 Dear all,

  In the document http://www.digitalmars.com/d/iasm.html, section "Operand 
 Types" does not contain the keyword "qword ptr".
  This keyword is required even for 32bit machines. Some MMX instructions 
 take arguments of this type!
  Did I miss something?



I always found qword ptr confusing. You can use "long ptr" or "double ptr" 
depending on what is needed.
Dec 20 2005
parent reply Don Clugston <dac nospam.com.au> writes:
Walter Bright wrote:

 "Tiago Gasiba" <tiago.gasiba gmail.com> wrote in message 
 news:do8jcs$2mia$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 

Dear all,

 In the document http://www.digitalmars.com/d/iasm.html, section "Operand 
Types" does not contain the keyword "qword ptr".
 This keyword is required even for 32bit machines. Some MMX instructions 
take arguments of this type!
 Did I miss something?



 
 I always found qword ptr confusing. You can use "long ptr" or "double ptr" 
 depending on what is needed. 



BTW: On that page, "Operand types" still contains a reference to 
"extended ptr". This was changed in the compiler a long time ago. Spec 
should read "real ptr".

The only surviving trace of the old name "extended" is in the "de" 
pseudo-op. I wonder if it should be "dr"? I think that "de" is 
non-standard anyway, it is "dt" (stupid name) on most assemblers I've used.
Dec 20 2005
parent Tiago Gasiba <tiago.gasiba gmail.com> writes:
Don Clugston schrieb:


 Walter Bright wrote:

 "Tiago Gasiba" <tiago.gasiba gmail.com> wrote in message
 news:do8jcs$2mia$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 

Dear all,

 In the document http://www.digitalmars.com/d/iasm.html, section "Operand
Types" does not contain the keyword "qword ptr".
 This keyword is required even for 32bit machines. Some MMX instructions
take arguments of this type!
 Did I miss something?



 
 I always found qword ptr confusing. You can use "long ptr" or "double
 ptr" depending on what is needed.



 BTW: On that page, "Operand types" still contains a reference to
 "extended ptr". This was changed in the compiler a long time ago. Spec
 should read "real ptr".
 
 The only surviving trace of the old name "extended" is in the "de"
 pseudo-op. I wonder if it should be "dr"? I think that "de" is
 non-standard anyway, it is "dt" (stupid name) on most assemblers I've
 used.



Thanks for the repply.
Please note that in the same document "long ptr" is not mentioned - the HTML
doc needs to be updated!

Best,
Tiago

-- 
Tiago Gasiba (M.Sc.) - http://www.gasiba.de
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Dec 21 2005