Q40101: Using C within _asm Blocks of Assembly Code

Article: Q40101
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 24-JAN-1989

The following elements of C may be used in in-line assembly blocks of
code:

1. C variable names

2. C labels

3. C macros

4. C function identifiers

5. C comments

6. C named constants, including "enum" members

7. C typedef names, generally used with operators, such as PTR
   and TYPE, or to specify structure or union members

These elements of C must be used in accordance with the following
two conventions:

1.  Only one C symbol can be referenced for each assembly instruction,
    unless used in conjunction with the TYPE, LENGTH, or SIZE operators.

2.  Functions referenced within an _asm block must be prototyped
    previously in the program. Otherwise QuickC cannot distinguish
    functions from labels.

The following code illustrates the use of some the above C elements
within an _asm block:

void main(void) ;

void main ()
{
  int  result ;
  int   Count ;

  result = 0 ;
  Count = 16 ;

  /* result = count * count */

  _asm {
         mov  ax, Count
         imul ax,
         mov  result, ax
       }
}

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