>Jon de Schrijder wrote:
>>Question: would you guys mind if I would drop the support for other
>>hex/bin id's than #,&H,&B,% ???
>
>YES! ^^;
>I always use h and b suffixes.
Prefixes are the best way of indicating a base. It's easier to read, to
process more pleasant to the eye, more recognizable and less ambiguous. I
personally hate the trick of adding a 0 to an address starting with a
letter (0FFFFh... argh!!).
>$ prefix for hex is used by Motorola/MOStech I think...
Yes.
>I have no idea where some people get the # prefix from ^^;
I've been using the # prefix since 1982. I've *always* seen it on serious
Z80 assembler (including coin-op firmware sources). I came thru the ugly H
suffixes later in the "PC rebirth" era (!) and now in MSX (!!).
> Which is a standard Zilog/Intel convention
>AFAIK.
No.
H's are indeed a standard Intel convention *BUT REMEMBER* Zilog enhanced
the 8080 architecture with their Z80, including the assembler!!! So don't
make a step backwards, please.
People got bad Z80 assembler habits because of the 8080/Z80 assembler
combos (like the M80). Many people keep using DB and DS when the standard
Zilog equivalents are DEFB, DEFM, DEFS and DEFL.
Most assemblers recognize 8080 directives for former 8080 coders
convenience, not Z80's!
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