Use a 32-bit floating-point limb size; support 8-bit float

Use a 32-bit limb size ("like a digit, but bigger") for floating-point
conversion.  This cuts the number of multiplications per constant by a
factor of four.

This means supporting fractional-limb-sized numbers, so while we're at
it, add support for 8-bit floating point numbers (apparently used in
graphics and in audio compression applications.)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index fad03e2d..9b7f6176 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ insn *parse_line(int pass, char *buffer, insn * result,
                     eop->type = EOT_DB_STRING;
                     result->eops_float = true;
 		    switch (result->opcode) {
+		    case I_DB:
+			eop->stringlen = 1;
+			break;
 		    case I_DW:
 			eop->stringlen = 2;
 			break;
@@ -386,7 +389,7 @@ insn *parse_line(int pass, char *buffer, insn * result,
 			break;
 		    default:
                         error(ERR_NONFATAL, "floating-point constant"
-                              " encountered in `db' instruction");
+                              " encountered in unknown instruction");
                         /*
                          * fix suggested by Pedro Gimeno... original line
                          * was: