> Micha Nelissen schreef: > > ik wrote: > >> Actually the assembler is not that hard to understand :) > >> My point is, that I don't like the idea of 7 or 20 or 100 amount of > >> parameters to give answer to every need. I think we should find a > >> better way to implement it, like var args in C or open array in > >> pascal... > > > > The linux kernel interface is always using registers, and since there > > are a limited amount of registers, there is a max. number of arguments. > > IIRC the maximum is 6, i386 limited: eax, ebx, ecx, edx, esi, edi, ebp. > > Fortunately I studied mathematics, so I can count the mentioned > registers: 7.
Then you should also see dangerous hidden assumptions: Not all parameters occupy a single register. off_t for 64-bit fs calls e.g. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
