Where should I discuss SD/MMC FAT issues?

[JD123]

Shouldn't be more than the amount of NOP. When you call a macro it just paste the macro code, but use another name.

While it's not the best code efficient, You could also use some self expanding macro by adding an argument, so if you need 2,3 or 10 NOP, it will do it for you automatically. Not sure if you need it here.

something like

<font color="#000080">ASM
NOP?C   macro Cin
    local a
a=0
    while a&lt;Cin
        nop
a++=1
        endw
    endm
ENDASM
</font>

If you use @ NOP?C 1 it will paste 1 NOP and so on.

Thanks! I've written ASM programs, but never explored the macro functions. When I said 9Tcy I was looking at the added overhead of jumping in and out of the ASM sub. I was thinking that just to jump-to and return-from takes 4Tcy.

[mister_e]

Sometime knowing a bit of ASM and MPASM directive is handy. I learned it through Darrel's codeS and postS... it's all it's fault

[JD123]

Sometime knowing a bit of ASM and MPASM directive is handy. I learned it through Darrel's codeS and postS... it's all it's fault

If you have to be corrupted by someone, Darrel seems to be a good choice!

[skimask]

If you have to be corrupted by someone, Darrel seems to be a good choice!

Ya, no kidding, and of course, you're absolutely right about the 9 Tcyc.
A guy should never post 'from the hip', but I do it anyways...

If you use @ NOP?C 1 it will paste 1 NOP and so on.

And this little tidbit right here could be the solution to one of my ongoing 'issues' on another project...

[mister_e]

Great! But you where wrong about the 9Tcy... Read previous post again... or build an ASM project then watch the Program Memory window.

[skimask]

Great! But you where wrong about the 9Tcy... Read previous post again... or build an ASM project then watch the Program Memory window.

And yet again, that's what I get for posting off the hip... Since when is a macro...a subroutine? Must forgive my blatent stupidity...the house payment is due today
So, does that little @ NOP?C trick work any other little way that I'm not knowing of yet with anything else?

BTW...Self-Expanding Macro is my new buzzword...

[mister_e]

So, does that little @ NOP?C trick work any other little way that I'm not knowing of yet with anything else?

Well i don't know.. i'm not in your own short

When you call a Macro, the compiler just copy/paste the whole macro code where you called the macro.

let see...

OneMacro  macro
    MOVE?CT 1,PORTA,0
    MOVE?BB _MyVar,_YourVar
    endm

EACH TIME you call the macro like this...

@ OneMacro

This will paste

    MOVE?CT 1,PORTA,0
    MOVE?BB _MyVar,_YourVar

so...

@ OneMacro
@ OneMacro

will obviously generate

    MOVE?CT 1,PORTA,0
    MOVE?BB _MyVar,_YourVar
    MOVE?CT 1,PORTA,0
    MOVE?BB _MyVar,_YourVar

Hence why we often suggest to reduce your macro size.

in NOP?C, The Conditional While (not sure if conditional or MPASM directive.. but anyway), just copy the amount of NOP you asked in the argument parameter

NOP?C 5

will juste paste
@ NOP
@ NOP
@ NOP
@ NOP
@ NOP

that's it. No code overhead, no nothing.... self expanding... or expandOnDemand ... huh?