Re: [Dev-C++] Problem with __asm statement

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

No, you do not want anyone to translate it to assembly for use with gcc.

They guy returned assembler code just to poke fun at you.

Based on the looks of the code, he didn't even bother to really write in
assembler. He wrote the code in C/C++, requested the compiler to generate
an assembler listing and then took the assembler instructions and pasted
into the functions, instead of the original code.

Exactly what did you originally request help with coding?

/pwm

On Sat, 17 Feb 2007, Philip Bennefall wrote:

> No, I did not request him to write assembly code and thus, I did not tell
> him what compiler I was using either. he compiled a test executable and I
> thought it was such a simple task and I had seen a working example as well
> as the code, so I paid him. It was a low price, because it is a simple
> function. I'm not sure where to go from here, I suppose I will have to hire
> someone to explissitly translate the thing because I don't have enough
> knowledge yet to do it myself. The section I pasted was only one of the two
> that there are all in total, although the second one is a bit longer but the
> same commands are repeated.
>
> Regards
> Philip Bennefall
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Per Westermark" <pw...@ia...>
> To: "Philip Bennefall" <phi...@pb...>
> Cc: <dev...@li...>
> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 1:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Problem with __asm statement
>
>
> > Because asm isn't examply part of the c++ standard.
> >
> > The use of embedded assembler is a compiler-specific extension, and
> > different architectures and/or compilers can use different formats.
> >
> > VC uses the Intel standard for writing x86 assembly instructions.
> >
> > gcc uses the AT&T syntax.
> >
> > See http://www.ibiblio.org/gferg/ldp/GCC-Inline-Assembly-HOWTO.html#s3
> >
> > Different compilers also have different calling conventions, so even if
> > the assembly code is modified to the correct dialect, you can't be sure
> > that the two compilers uses the same registers or parameter passing
> > conventions.
> >
> > Did you request him to write in assembler? If you didn't specifically
> > requested it, then the delivery was not according to agreement.
> >
> > If you did request an assembler solution, then you should have specified
> > the target, i.e. processor, OS, compiler, ...
> >
> > /pwm
> >
> > On Sat, 17 Feb 2007, Philip Bennefall wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> A few days go I hired a person from Rent a coder to write me a couple of
> >> C++ functions. he was using Vc++ to develop his code as far as I know.
> >> Now, MinGW has problems compiling his code because of the fact that he is
> >> using assembly. One part of the code looks like:
> >> __asm {
> >> mov ebx, dwCardID
> >> add ebx, i
> >> xor eax,eax
> >> mov al, bTmp
> >> mov byte ptr [ebx],al
> >> }
> >> But it completely refuses to compile it. Can anyone tell me why?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Philip Bennefall
> >
> >
>
>
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