as: D30V-Chars
9.11.2.3 Special Characters
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A semicolon (';') can be used anywhere on a line to start a comment that
extends to the end of the line.
If a '#' appears as the first character of a line, the whole line is
treated as a comment, but in this case the line could also be a logical
line number directive (Comments) or a preprocessor control
command (Preprocessing).
Sub-instructions may be executed in order, in reverse-order, or in
parallel. Instructions listed in the standard one-per-line format will
be executed sequentially unless you use the '-O' option.
To specify the executing order, use the following symbols:
'->'
Sequential with instruction on the left first.
'<-'
Sequential with instruction on the right first.
'||'
Parallel
The D30V syntax allows either one instruction per line, one
instruction per line with the execution symbol, or two instructions per
line. For example
'abs r2,r3 -> abs r4,r5'
Execute these sequentially. The instruction on the right is in the
right container and is executed second.
'abs r2,r3 <- abs r4,r5'
Execute these reverse-sequentially. The instruction on the right
is in the right container, and is executed first.
'abs r2,r3 || abs r4,r5'
Execute these in parallel.
'ldw r2,@(r3,r4) ||'
'mulx r6,r8,r9'
Two-line format. Execute these in parallel.
'mulx a0,r8,r9'
'stw r2,@(r3,r4)'
Two-line format. Execute these sequentially unless '-O' option is
used. If the '-O' option is used, the assembler will determine if
the instructions could be done in parallel (the above two
instructions can be done in parallel), and if so, emit them as
parallel instructions. The assembler will put them in the proper
containers. In the above example, the assembler will put the 'stw'
instruction in left container and the 'mulx' instruction in the
right container.
'stw r2,@(r3,r4) ->'
'mulx a0,r8,r9'
Two-line format. Execute the 'stw' instruction followed by the
'mulx' instruction sequentially. The first instruction goes in the
left container and the second instruction goes into right
container. The assembler will give an error if the machine
ordering constraints are violated.
'stw r2,@(r3,r4) <-'
'mulx a0,r8,r9'
Same as previous example, except that the 'mulx' instruction is
executed before the 'stw' instruction.
Since '$' has no special meaning, you may use it in symbol names.