I'm looking for a fast way to set one byte of PORTD on a PIC32MX ...=20
RB8:15, without affecting the other nibble/bits.  I'm using UNoptimized=20
XC32.

Yes, I can save the state of the other bits as they change around the=20
code and reassemble a full port word when I need to change the upper=20
nibble, but that seems like it would waste a lot of cycles.
Since the instruction set allows for OR'ing and AND'ing port bits=20
(writing to specific addresses for the port it seems),  I'm wondering if=20
ANDing with a mask and then ORing in C translate directly to the=20
respective instructions?

Or is there a better/more clever way to do this?

Cheers,
-Neil.

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