[Eric-develop] Inline Assembly.

[Gavin R. B. <ga...@ga...>]

Guys,

I think that we should move away from the use of inline assembly for the
following reasons:

a) Syntax like __asm__ *yech*  
b) AT&T assembler looks even more unreadable when inline.
c) We can stuff all the complexity into a separate .S file.

By using .S files to define assembler functions, (to interface to C++),
we can modularise our code, streamline our C++ source, and generally
control complexity.

If we continue using __asm__, we will get ourselves stuck. 

To create a function skeleton in assembler use the following syntax:

gcc -S test.cpp test.S

given that test.cpp contains:


#include "test.h"

void test::test()
{

}


All the best,
		Gavin.

PS. Ramkumar, I have emailed my tutor, asking that I can take a year
out. Perhaps I could get a deferred entrance to Berkeley, Stanford or
CSU? d;-)