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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2007-09-18 13:45:12 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2007-09-18 13:45:12 -0700
commit0edc309505e659345cf353f81fb77793f8f5c291 (patch)
tree0bc9c2f9b40bbe5ae7f281d17fdfd8f055402f7b
parent41c9f6fde06091199f1a95e0c045230baaa25bf4 (diff)
downloadnasm-0edc309505e659345cf353f81fb77793f8f5c291.tar.gz
Document oword, do and reso
Document oword and the associated do and reso pseudoinstructions.
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@@ -1115,19 +1115,19 @@ indicate what size of \i{memory operand} it refers to.
\H{pseudop} \i{Pseudo-Instructions}
Pseudo-instructions are things which, though not real x86 machine
-instructions, are used in the instruction field anyway because
-that's the most convenient place to put them. The current
-pseudo-instructions are \i\c{DB}, \i\c{DW}, \i\c{DD}, \i\c{DQ} and
-\i\c{DT}, their \i{uninitialized} counterparts \i\c{RESB},
-\i\c{RESW}, \i\c{RESD}, \i\c{RESQ} and \i\c{REST}, the \i\c{INCBIN}
+instructions, are used in the instruction field anyway because that's
+the most convenient place to put them. The current pseudo-instructions
+are \i\c{DB}, \i\c{DW}, \i\c{DD}, \i\c{DQ}, \i\c{DT} and \i\c{DO};
+their \i{uninitialized} counterparts \i\c{RESB}, \i\c{RESW},
+\i\c{RESD}, \i\c{RESQ}, \i\c{REST} and \i\c{RESO}; the \i\c{INCBIN}
command, the \i\c{EQU} command, and the \i\c{TIMES} prefix.
\S{db} \c{DB} and friends: Declaring initialized Data
-\i\c{DB}, \i\c{DW}, \i\c{DD}, \i\c{DQ} and \i\c{DT} are used, much
-as in MASM, to declare initialized data in the output file. They can
-be invoked in a wide range of ways:
+\i\c{DB}, \i\c{DW}, \i\c{DD}, \i\c{DQ}, \i\c{DT} and \i\c{DO} are
+used, much as in MASM, to declare initialized data in the output
+file. They can be invoked in a wide range of ways:
\I{floating-point}\I{character constant}\I{string constant}
\c db 0x55 ; just the byte 0x55
@@ -1144,20 +1144,20 @@ be invoked in a wide range of ways:
\c dq 1.234567e20 ; double-precision float
\c dt 1.234567e20 ; extended-precision float
-\c{DT} does not accept \i{numeric constants} as operands.
+\c{DT} and \c{DO} do not accept \i{numeric constants} as operands.
\S{resb} \c{RESB} and friends: Declaring \i{Uninitialized} Data
-\i\c{RESB}, \i\c{RESW}, \i\c{RESD}, \i\c{RESQ} and \i\c{REST} are
-designed to be used in the BSS section of a module: they declare
-\e{uninitialized} storage space. Each takes a single operand, which
-is the number of bytes, words, doublewords or whatever to reserve.
-As stated in \k{qsother}, NASM does not support the MASM/TASM syntax
-of reserving uninitialized space by writing \I\c{?}\c{DW ?} or
-similar things: this is what it does instead. The operand to a
-\c{RESB}-type pseudo-instruction is a \i\e{critical expression}: see
-\k{crit}.
+\i\c{RESB}, \i\c{RESW}, \i\c{RESD}, \i\c{RESQ}, \i\c{REST} and
+\i\c{RESO} are designed to be used in the BSS section of a module:
+they declare \e{uninitialized} storage space. Each takes a single
+operand, which is the number of bytes, words, doublewords or whatever
+to reserve. As stated in \k{qsother}, NASM does not support the
+MASM/TASM syntax of reserving uninitialized space by writing
+\I\c{?}\c{DW ?} or similar things: this is what it does instead. The
+operand to a \c{RESB}-type pseudo-instruction is a \i\e{critical
+expression}: see \k{crit}.
For example:
@@ -1560,11 +1560,11 @@ invent one using the macro processor.
When assembling with the optimizer set to level 2 or higher (see
\k{opt-On}), NASM will use size specifiers (\c{BYTE}, \c{WORD},
-\c{DWORD}, \c{QWORD}, or \c{TWORD}), but will give them the smallest
-possible size. The keyword \c{STRICT} can be used to inhibit
+\c{DWORD}, \c{QWORD}, \c{TWORD} or \c{OWORD}), but will give them the
+smallest possible size. The keyword \c{STRICT} can be used to inhibit
optimization and force a particular operand to be emitted in the
-specified size. For example, with the optimizer on, and in
-\c{BITS 16} mode,
+specified size. For example, with the optimizer on, and in \c{BITS 16}
+mode,
\c push dword 33