Re: A86: No memory

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A86: No memory
From: ComAsYuAre@aol.com
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 14:47:14 EST
Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org

Or...

  call subroutine
end:
  ...

subroutine:
  ...
  ret z
  ...
  ret z
  ...
  ret z

You save a bit of code when you call it, plus since it's a subroutine you can 
call it from more than one place.

In a message dated 3/4/00 1:14:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, david@acz.org 
writes:

> This link was posted on the gbdev list:
>  
>  http://www.jdm.homepage.dk/nomem.htm
>  
>  I've never seen this used anywhere before, but it's quite an interesting at
>  programming.  A variation that I have used allows a smaller way of 
returning
>  from a large case type structure.  Instead of doing this:
>  
>   ...
>   jr z,end
>   ...
>   jr z,end
>   ...
>  end:
>  
>  
>  Something like this:
>  
>   ld hl,end
>   push hl
>   ...
>   ret z
>   ...
>   ret z
>   ...
>  end:
>  

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Jonah Cohen
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