Subject: Re: [stella] Constants in DASM? From: Christopher Tumber <christophertumber@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 12:36:08 -0500 |
>That is, GoodBang = $69 is neither a constant nor an address. It's a *label*. I should try and explain this better. An assembler is NOT a high level language. Generally, when you declare something in a high level language as a constant or integer or float the compiler or interpreter allocates the needed memory and then you're locked in. If you try to pass a float into an integer or try to change a constant you get an error. An assembler is a far, far simpler beast. When you create a label in an assembler, all that does is tell the assembler "At assembly time, do a Search&Replace on <label> and replace it with <constant>". That's it. There is no implied meaning to any label. Any label can be used as a constant, an address, an offset, whatever. The assembler doesn't care how you use it as long as you declare it properly and the context in which you use it is legal. So, Label EQU $80 lda Label ;is valid lda #Label ;is valid sta Label ;is valid sta #Label ;is an error Chris... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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