| ??? 02/22/06 03:23 Read: times |
#110454 - Yes Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Kunaal Lagwankar said:
Also, can it be that the code size of the obj files generated by the A51 assembler be larger than the hex/binary files generated by other standard assemblers ? If the OBJ files of this assembler are really hex files then, yes, it's possible they could be larger than those generated by other assemblers. Each line of a hex file contains about 10 bytes of overhead and then 1-16 bytes of data. It's up to the assembler how many bytes of data it wants to put on each hex line. If it only puts one byte per line, your file size could be about 10 times as large as an assembler that more-efficiently puts 2-16 bytes of data on each line. Additionally, other assemblers may be doing some jump optimization that your assembler isn't doing. In any case, I think it's an awfully poor choice that the assembler would choose to give the OBJ extension to a hex file. The term "object" has a very well-undertood definition in the assembler / comiler / linker industry and it generally refers to an intermediate file that is created between reading the source file and before creating the output (hex) file. Why they chose to call their hex file an "OBJ" file is beyond me. Regards, Craig Steiner |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| Using obj files for programming | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| most probably | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Not really | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| What assembler? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| A51 details | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| That is usually the case when you own an | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| PseudoSam Assembler | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Manual | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Throw it away! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Psuedo-Sam | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Keep what you got. It's very good. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Not "WRONG" | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Where I was wrong | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| not necessarily | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Back to the question | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Yes | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| obj files | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Yes | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Hex bloat and Swiss Army Knives | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| True enough | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| File size vs Code size | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Maybe, but... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| any old UNIX guys? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| OBJ context | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| from here | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Ok | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Link to documentation for A51.EXE | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| From the manual... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| How very amazing | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| that link | 01/01/70 00:00 |