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meynaf · 08 June 2019, 10:28

I would be strongly against adding this kind of optimization at the assembler level, because it trashes A0. I use a macro for lea to Dn in the rare cases it's needed.
But for the code generation of a compiler, it makes sense.

08 June 2019, 10:28	#11
meynaf son of 68k Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lyon / France Age: 51 Posts: 5,323	I would be strongly against adding this kind of optimization at the assembler level, because it trashes A0. I use a macro for lea to Dn in the rare cases it's needed. But for the code generation of a compiler, it makes sense.