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digitalmars.D.learn - Using ref and out parameters from inline assembly code

reply Harry Vennik <htvennik zonnet.nl> writes:
Hi,

What is the right way to assign a value to a ref or out parameter from inline
assembly code?

Can it just be referenced by its name like any other variable? Or would

mov EAX, some_out_param

move the address of the var into EAX? (i.e. out_param being handled as a
pointer, and swapping those operands would overwrite the pointer with the value
from EAX?)

Harry
Feb 12 2008
next sibling parent "Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:
"Harry Vennik" <htvennik zonnet.nl> wrote in message 
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 Hi,

 What is the right way to assign a value to a ref or out parameter from 
 inline assembly code?

 Can it just be referenced by its name like any other variable? Or would

 mov EAX, some_out_param

 move the address of the var into EAX? (i.e. out_param being handled as a 
 pointer, and swapping those operands would overwrite the pointer with the 
 value from EAX?)
I'd try it if I were you and see what happens, but my guess is that the compiler won't perform any magic here and you'll end up with the address of the variable in EAX. ref and out params are implemented as pointers, so you'll probably need to dereference them as such in ASM.
Feb 12 2008
prev sibling next sibling parent Burton Radons <burton-radons shaw.ca> writes:
Harry Vennik Wrote:

 Hi,
 
 What is the right way to assign a value to a ref or out parameter from inline
assembly code?
 
 Can it just be referenced by its name like any other variable? Or would
 
 mov EAX, some_out_param
 
 move the address of the var into EAX? (i.e. out_param being handled as a
pointer, and swapping those operands would overwrite the pointer with the value
from EAX?)
It's exactly as if it were a pointer in asm, so the move in your case gets the address and you'll need a second move with [EAX] to store or retrieve any value. The only other thing you'll need to watch out for with low-level manipulation of inout/out parameters is that their address is for the object itself, and not the stack: extern (C) void func (int a, inout int b, ...) { // Bad, because that gets the pointer of the next value after whatever b points to. auto args1 = cast (void *) (&b + 1); // Good, but odd. auto args2= cast (void *) (&a + 2); } It seems like "&&" should be able to get the pointer to the stack, but it won't.
Feb 12 2008
prev sibling parent novice2 <sorry noem.ail> writes:
 Can it just be referenced by its name like any other variable? Or would
i tried and failed. it needs double derefferencing, because inout param name give address of variable This works for me: [code] //this func assing value 6 to param x void func1(inout int x) { asm { mov EAX, x; //put x address in EAX mov [EAX], 6; //put 6 into x } } [/code]
Feb 13 2008