[fpc-devel] Regarding issue/patch 0032637

[J. Gareth Moreton]

Thanks Christo.

Apologies for 4 messages coming in at once.  I think there were a few technical glitches with the mailing 
list.  Either way, I have submitted an updated patch to the bug report in question that corrects the stack 
unwinding for Windows.  Any testing would be greatly appreciated (I'm not in a position to rigorously test 
the code for Linux).

Yeah, I got a little emotional with Thaddy's response (which has since been deleted), partly because he 
mocked me a bit for even attempting to use assembly language for optimisation. Granted, I tend to do more 
low-level and mathematical programming than higher-level components, where assembler optimisation can really 
pay dividends. Plus in a perverted way, I actually enjoy trying to squeeze another microsecond out of 
running time!

Gareth aka. Kit.


On Wed 29/11/17 05:19 , Christo christo.crause at gmail.com sent:
> On Sun, 2017-11-26 at 09:29 +0000, J. Gareth Moreton wrote:
> 
> > I'm guessing my code is not correct or causes
> problems.  I haven't
> > had much luck in finding a straight answer 
> 
> > regarding proper exception handling with
> assembler code (where
> > correcting non-volatile registers and
> stack 
> > space are concerned), although I'll keep
> trying.  I tried asking on
> > the forum, but Thaddy gave me a response 
> 
> > that is somewhat discouraging.
> 
> 
> 
> Thaddy has a somewhat unique perspective of things. As per normal when
> 
> reading things on the internet, try to recognize the difference between
> 
> fact and opinion.  Facts are very useful, opinions are sometimes
> useful
> (if the person has a good overview of the subject matter) but can also
> 
> reflect a person's bias.
> 
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