From: "Christopher Y. Blaicher" <cblaic...@syncsort.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2018 11:17 AM
Inline data is no more expensive than data in another page. In either case, the reference to the
data requires a cache line load to the D-cache, but does not invalidate/disturb the I-cache.
A comment on the original EQU * part of this thread. I prefer the DS 0H to
hold a label
because you can't get burned on someone putting something in front of it that isn't halfword
aligned. I personally HATE it when people put a label on an instruction, especially if they are
using long names in the label. All the other op codes are in column 10 and then you have one out
in right field. Your eye can't just flow down the screen, now you have to go searching for the op
code.
Also putting a label on an instruction makes it harder to move the instruction.
And with good reason. A labelled instruction usually means that it is the head
of a loop
or the object of a branch.
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