Re: looping_code

[Maciej Hrebien <m_hrebien@wp.pl>]

Robert Plantz wrote:
> 
> > "mov $msg,%ecx" and "lea msg,%ecx" does the same thing in this example -
> > moves ptr to 'msg' to the ecx register. The only difference is that the
> > first one is coded one byte shorter.
> >
> 
> which can be seen if you do:
> mov $msg,%ecx
> leal msg,%edx
> 
> and look in the debugger ---
> (gdb) i r
> eax            0x4      4
> ecx            0x80494c8        134517960
> edx            0x80494c8        134517960
> ebx            0x1      1
> 
> Furthermore, if you look at the listing --
>    12 000f B9000000      mov $msg,%ecx
>    12      00
>    13 0014 8D150000      leal msg,%edx
>    13      0000

Yes, that's right. Sorry for the mess - (don't know why) i received Your
"proof reply" just after i send my. In final we got two messages saying
the same :)

Regards,

-- 
Maciej Hrebien