Hi all,

I've been wondering if there is an easier way to code assembler loops
(i.e. the repetition of a section of the program, which would get
unrolled at compile time). I know I can code the loop for the PIC to
execute, but I'd rather not waste time messing around with INDF/FSR
and a loop variable, since that wastes time and I've got plenty of
space in program memory.

Previously I've been doing this:

        VARIABLE i=0
        WHILE i<7
		; code here
                VARIABLE i=i+1
        ENDW

Which is fine (although I'd appreciate it if there is an easier way of
doing it.) The problem comes when using labels inside the loop, since
the assembler doesn't like the repeated labels, and the LOCAL stuff
can only be used inside a macro (yes, I could code everything into a
macro and then put the macro into the loop, but that would be even
more confusing). So I end up doing things like $+5, which is evil and
hard to maintain.

Is there a better way of doing this? Like mangling label names with
the i variable or something?

-- 
Hector Martin (hector@marcansoft.com)
Public Key: http://www.marcansoft.com/hector.asc

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