printf() code size using Astartup.obj and AMIGA.LIB only

[Pete Zakel]

> >>causes var to be first loaded, extended to a word, extended to a long, then
> >>compared against 0, EVEN when var is declared as a UBYTE...
> 
> What's the second extend doing in there? Anything claiming to be a
> reasonable compiler should generate ONE extend.

Not if the processer is a 68000 or 68010.  There is NO instruction to extend
byte to long.  Fortunately that was fixed in the 68020, but that doesn't help
unless you have a compiler that understands 68020 AND you know all your
target machines have 68020s.
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-Pete Zakel (..!{hplabs,amd,pyramid,ihnp4}!pesnta!valid!pete)