2008/9/17 Andy Wingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wed 17 Sep 2008 21:42, "Neil Jerram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> 2008/9/16 Andy Wingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>> This new instruction, mv-call, takes three byte arguments, and at least
>>> two stack arguments. The byte arguments are the number of args, and two
>>> bytes to specify an offset to the multiple values return address. The
>>
>> Why _two_bytes to specify an offset? Is it just to support offsets >
>> 255, or is there some other interpretation of the two bytes?
>
> Yep, just for offsets >= 255 -- while unlikely in practice, it is likely
> for the `br' family of instructions, and I reused that machinery.
Cool, thanks for the explanation!
Neil
