> > > Should be acceptable, but silent truncation is NEVER a good idea - in
> > > any language.
> >Then you'd have cumbersome and ugly syntax on almost every file register
> >reference.  Yuk.  Since you'd have to AND the address with FFh most of the
> >time, it might as well be understood that it will always be done
> >automatically.
> How many registers are larger than 8 bits?

All of the SFRs. ;-) The registers themselves are 8 bits, but the
register's *ADDRESSES* are >8 bits.

-->Neil

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Synthcom Systems, Inc.  king - he's a prisoner.
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