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03/31/05 23:47
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#90782 - Context
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Ian Bell said:
I can understand that in the context of ISRs but how is that an advantage in regular subroutines? You normaly pass values to a subroutine in registers so if the subroutine immediately switches banks you have lost the passed parameters.

I think the idea here is that you do not call across banks.
If 2 functions use different banks, they are in different "contexts" and have no business calling each other.
Having different banks allows easy "context" switching - without lots of PUSHing and POPing.




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Registers            01/01/70 00:00      
   my guess            01/01/70 00:00      
   Participation            01/01/70 00:00      
      Old Age            01/01/70 00:00      
         Old but stronger still            01/01/70 00:00      
   just a guess            01/01/70 00:00      
      Powers of Two            01/01/70 00:00      
         when all was new            01/01/70 00:00      
            push and pop            01/01/70 00:00      
               passing            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Passing Parameters            01/01/70 00:00      
                     yes, with a monitor            01/01/70 00:00      
               Register Overlaying???            01/01/70 00:00      
               Context            01/01/70 00:00      
                  not necessarily            01/01/70 00:00      
         my point was            01/01/70 00:00      
   Sausages            01/01/70 00:00      
      Sausage and Chips            01/01/70 00:00      
         no instructions, but gates            01/01/70 00:00      
            Many Gates?            01/01/70 00:00      

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