On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 07:11:53 -0700 Michael Stein <[email protected]> wrote:

:>On Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 11:29:52PM -0700, Leonard D Woren wrote:
:>> Note however that the only opcode more or less guaranteed to be invalid
:>> forever, per PoP, is x'00'.
> 
:>> /Leonard

:>I like:

:>      EX      0,*

:>Which causes an 0C3 execute exception.  An 0C1 might be a bug
:>but an 0C3 is most likely a "this should never happen".

I prefer a branch to an odd address (0C6) which has the advantage of not
having to branch around the trap. And the BEAR tells you the location of the
trap.

--
Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]>
http://www.dissensoftware.com

Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

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