> of constants.  Since such tables are coded as a bunch of
> RETLW's, accessing past the end of a table will cause code
> to jump 'beyond' the end of the table.  When writing assem-
> bly, I'll often 'protect' tables using ANDLW, e.g.

Neat idea - the trouble with it, IMHO, is that it will just mask (no pun
intended) the underlying problem, i.e. that you overran the end of the table.
This will change your program's behaviour from a very obvious error to
a much more subtle (and therefore harder to locate) error.

Cheers, Clyde

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