Re: java disassembler/assembler

[Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>]

Daniel Reynaud wrote:
> - use of absolute or relative offset instead of labels. Example :
> 0: ldc "hello"
> 2: goto 0L      ; the L means "0 as a label", so goto offset 0
> 5: goto 0       ; traditional goto, so goto 0 means stay here
> 8: goto -8      ; traditional goto, go 8 bytes backward
> Label0:
> 11: goto Label0 ; traditional jasmin goto, with a label as a target
> 14: goto 1      ; go 1 byte forward
> 17: goto 5L     ; go to offset 5

I think this is problematic, because there is a conceptual
inconsistency.  "goto Label0" goes to the instructions with
label "Label10:".  However "goto 0" does *not* go to the instruction
with label "0:" - it goes to the instruction with label "5:".
I prefer:

  goto NNN ; goto offset NNN
  goto +NNN; goto NNN bytes forwards
  goto -NNN; goto NNN bytes backwards
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	--Per Bothner
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