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From: Shawn Hargreaves <ShawnH AT Probe DOT co DOT uk>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Marker
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 09:53:25 +0100
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Andy Goth writes:
> I read that the "asm" keyword is new for C++. However, I see 
> inline assembly in Allegro.  Hmm.  Is this a deviation
> from the standard?

Inline assembly is non-standard by definition: it is a way to 
temporarily step outside whatever language you are using.
Various ANSI specs do say something about asm as a keyword
(I forget exactly what), but that is really somewhat stupid
given that what you write after the asm is so very platform
specific.

>> asm volatile("jmp 0f; .string \"Hello, world\"; 0:");
>
> Is that really jmp 0f?

It's a local label. See 'info as symbols "symbol names"'.


	Shawn Hargreaves.