Hello All,

Some time back I was not able to use this NUMBER directive,Now that I have discovered how to use,I am posting it here so that it will be of some use to others.Here it goes


before the #I2C_MEM_rdcmd was declared in the code segment,but to use it I had to do the following
circus...

In main.asm
extrn code (I2C_MEM_rdcmd)

clr sda_scl
mov dptr,#I2C_MEM_rdcmd
mov a,#00
movc a,@a+dptr
mov rdcmd,a


and in i2c.asm I have

public I2C_MEM_rdcmd

rseg mem_const

I2C_MEM_RDCMD: db 10100001B




Now that I have figured out how to use NUMBER I do the following

In main.asm

extrn NUMBER (I2C_MEM_rdcmd)

mov rdcmd,#I2C_MEM_rdcmd

and in i2c.asm I have

public I2C_MEM_rdcmd

I2C_MEM_rdcmd equ 10100001B


By doing so I save 10 bytes of code space and its 6 times faster...

I am for sure that this is a better way to implement(or have I missed something?),but since most have already suggested...


I read "symbols with the class NUMBER match every memory class". Since NOTHING in assembler will
work on an unknown memory class it is essential to know the type of memory associated with
it so why on earth try to suppress it


What do I do now

Rgds
Raj Shetgar