> Many easy tasks require a superfluous goto like this:
>
>         btfss input,2           ; test input
>         goto waste_of_a_tag_147 ;
>         movlw b'11001100'       ; input == hi, so do these 3
>         movwf lastb             ;
>         movwf PORTB             ;
> waste_of_a_tag_147

The Microsoft X86 assembler has a special syntax for jumping forwards or
backwards to the next generic tag.  I forget the exact details, but is uses
at signs (@).  It is intended for exactly this case.  I thought is was a
nice feature, but I've never seen it on any other assembler.


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