From: ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se (Martin Str|mberg)
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Subject: Re: Some assembly questions
Date: 18 Mar 1999 17:45:44 GMT
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Clark L. Coleman (clc5q AT cobra DOT cs DOT Virginia DOT EDU) wrote:
: Your were given a bad mnemonic: "setc" is actually "stc".
: 
: asm volatile("clc");  /* clears (sets to 0) the carry flag */
: asm volatile("cmc");  /* complements (inverts) the carry flag */
: asm volatile("stc");  /* sets (to 1) the carry flag */

Ahh! Thanks!

Perhaps somebody can inform me on the difference (if there is one)
between "cmpl $1, %eax" and "testl $1, %eax". It sounds to me like
they do the same thing, so I think I'm missing something...


Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 15,

							MartinS