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Dokuwiki on pushbx.org: Review of iniload control flow (Developers)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 05.11.2025, 01:35

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> mov bx, 1000h   ; = amount paragraphs per 64 KiB
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Why not a constant expression? That would be self-documenting.

mov bx,(64 * 1024) / 16

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> shl cx, 1
> shl cx, 1
> shl cx, 1 ; how much to relocate first,
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You can do this simpler:

times 3: shl cx,1

Complete thread:

• Dokuwiki on pushbx.org: Review of iniload control flow - ecm, 29.10.2025, 12:28 (Developers)
  • Dokuwiki on pushbx.org: Review of iniload control flow - Japheth, 31.10.2025, 13:21
    • Dokuwiki on pushbx.org: Review of iniload control flow - ecm, 31.10.2025, 14:42
    • Dokuwiki on pushbx.org: Review of iniload control flow - rr, 31.10.2025, 14:43
  • Dokuwiki on pushbx.org: Review of iniload control flow - Japheth, 04.11.2025, 18:08
    • Dokuwiki on pushbx.org: Review of iniload control flow - Rugxulo, 05.11.2025, 01:35
      • Dokuwiki on pushbx.org: Review of iniload control flow - ecm, 05.11.2025, 09:30