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|    Re: Power C/asm: returning a value from     |
|    14 Dec 19 17:03:23    |
      INTL 3:770/1 3:770/3       REPLYADDR rose.joseph12@yahoo.com       REPLYTO 3:770/3.0 UUCP       MSGID: <51b56e74-6ae6-4897-80c1-b395a2f6b774@googlegroups.com> 4a0e989d       REPLY: 1:130/230.0 5df56bd4       PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05       On Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 7:17:21 PM UTC-5, K-Guide wrote:       > Using the stack makes alot of since for the return value of the assembler       > function. In the case of no parameter, I suspect you can just call the       routine       > via a function pointer in C. Set that to the address of your assembler       routine       > and call the function. Please bear in mind I am not a Power C programmer,       but       > am just guessing based on other platforms I program on. If you have       parameters       > there could be some documemtation on how to pass them via registers in the       > compiler docs. Compilers seem to have their own style for stuff like that.        It       > also could be that you just need to drop the values into a certain memory       > location as the assember routine expects it there.       >       > Not sure I follow you about the too few parameters.       >       The docs. I have reveal that the return value seems to overwrite the last       parameter passed to the function. That's why I am worried about the too few       parameters.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 2 19/36 34/999 90/1 104/115 106/201 114/224 702       SEEN-BY: 114/705 706 116/18 123/140 128/2 73 187 253 153/7715 218/700       SEEN-BY: 222/2 226/16 227/114 229/101 275 354 426 1014 230/150 152       SEEN-BY: 240/1120 5832 249/1 206 307 317 400 250/1 261/38 100 266/512       SEEN-BY: 267/155 275/100 282/103 1056 291/1 111 298/25 305/1 3 310/2       SEEN-BY: 312/2 317/3 320/119 219 322/757 340/400 342/13 200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 640/1321 712/848 801/161 189 2320/105 3005/1 3634/12 5020/1042       PATH: 770/3 1 712/848 261/38 15/0 317/3 229/426           |
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