RE: [AD] Allegro x86 assembly - use of segment registers, prefixes

["Vincent Penquerc'h" <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> I know this isn't a major issue, but I didn't consider any of the
> other lists
> more appropriate for this, so I am submitting this here.

well, this list is appropriate for such discussions

> I have done a good deal of assembly code. I was browsing through
> some of the
> Allegro x86 assembly recently, and noticed that it uses 16-bit segment
> register  transfers (ex: movw %es,%cx) and 16-bit segment register stack
> operations (ex: pushw %ds).

if you find a way to enhance the asm code, i think many people would be
happy :)
moreover, some asm routines in allegro are likely to be very well suited to
optimizing, as i recall shawn reporting that transparent and lit blits were
slower in asm than their C counterpart ! :)

> Thank you for your time,

thank you for your comments

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Lyrian