From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.lang.asm.x86
Subject: Re: Accessing C  #define in inline assembly
Date: 16 Aug 1998 13:18:36 GMT
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Rylan wrote:

> In DJGPP inline assembly, how can  I access symbols "#defined" in the C file
> in which the relevant inline assembly occurs?
> #define TIMEOUT 9000

#define ASMTIMEOUT $9000#define STRING(DEF) #DEF
//How come the stringify symbol '#' can't be used like #($ ## DEF)  ????

> __asm__  __volatile__
> ("mov " STRING(ASMTIMEOUT) ",%cx");

    That should do it.  It may not be that pretty, but it think it works.

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