Bob Ammerman wrote:
>
> >
> > But you can change the program counter, with a
> >         addwf PCL,f
> > as done in table reads, etc.
> >
> > So you can get 1 cycle goto's (fast goto?)

> Sorry Roman, it won't work:
>
> Instructions with a destination of PCL take an extra cycle, just like a
> GOTO. They have to for the same reason gotos do: the PIC prefetches
> instructions, and the prefetched instruction is no longer of any use, so the
> PIC has to take an extra cycle to fetch the target instruction. Pipelining
> is wonderful, except when it isn't.

Thanks Bob, and I apologise to the list
for my stupid idea. :o)
-Roman

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