Comments on: Gem: A Generic Function Binding Interface http://scottbilas.com Take what you want, and leave the rest (just like your salad bar). Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:15:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott http://scottbilas.com/publications/gem-fubi/#comment-424 Scott Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:33:53 +0000 http://scottbilas.wordpress.com/gem-a-generic-function-binding-interface/#comment-424 GCC has an inline assembler language that you can use. IBM has a page I found on it that can get you started. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-ia.html Of course, it requires learning assembly language to get anywhere. But you can cheat a little by looking at the output of unoptimized assembly code in a debugger. In fact, that's how I figured out how all the different calling conventions of the VC++ compiler worked in memory. Make a function of a particular type, call it from another, then step through the debugger in disassembly view, and you'll be able to work out how it operates, and what the different assembly opcodes are. GCC has an inline assembler language that you can use. IBM has a page I found on it that can get you started.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-ia.html

Of course, it requires learning assembly language to get anywhere. But you can cheat a little by looking at the output of unoptimized assembly code in a debugger. In fact, that’s how I figured out how all the different calling conventions of the VC++ compiler worked in memory. Make a function of a particular type, call it from another, then step through the debugger in disassembly view, and you’ll be able to work out how it operates, and what the different assembly opcodes are.

]]> By: Boro http://scottbilas.com/publications/gem-fubi/#comment-423 Boro Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:05:18 +0000 http://scottbilas.wordpress.com/gem-a-generic-function-binding-interface/#comment-423 Do I need an assembler like TASM in order to make it work or is there a way to make sure the GCC compiler (used by code::Blocks) uses the assembly code. I'm unfamiliar with assembly. Do I need an assembler like TASM in order to make it work or is there a way to make sure the GCC compiler (used by code::Blocks) uses the assembly code. I’m unfamiliar with assembly.

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