I wrote a comment on the original Microsoft dev blog (for a non-Pascal
community), maybe it's of interest here, too ...
In normal Pascal procedure calls, such a vector of stack frame addresses
is not needed. A standard Pascal runtime knows all the time about the
current stack frame address of
On 12/12/2023 17:48, Anthony Walter via fpc-pascal wrote:
Do any of the compiler devs know if Pascal programs for the x86
instruction set are using ENTER and its second argument to the best
possible effect? I am curious.
FPC used it in the past, but stopped using it because
1) on modern
Am 12.12.2023 um 17:51 schrieb Marco van de Voort via fpc-pascal:
Op 12-12-2023 om 17:48 schreef Anthony Walter via fpc-pascal:
Do any of the compiler devs know if Pascal programs for the x86
instruction set are using ENTER and its second argument to the best
possible effect? I am curious.
Op 12-12-2023 om 17:48 schreef Anthony Walter via fpc-pascal:
Iwas reading this article today on the Microsoft website about the
mysterious x86 ENTER instruction. The article states that it's primary
purpose is to support Pascal and similar compilers to allow for
preserving local variables on
