Ax51 User's Guide

REGUSE Assembler Directive

Abbreviation	RU
Arguments	REGUSE function (register \| range 〚, register \| range〛)
Default	None.
µVision	None.
Description	The REGUSE directive specifies which registers are modified by the specified function. The function specified must match the symbol name used in a PUBLIC definition. The registers specified by the REGUSE directive are used by global register optimization to improve the performance of C functions that call assembler routines. The registers that may be specified are: R0-R7, DPL, DPH, DPTR (for DPL and DPH), A (for the accumulator), B (for the B register), C (for the carry flag), PSW. The range specifies a range of registers such as R1-R4. Note Refer to Interfacing C to Assembler in the Cx51 User's Guide. The section Register Usage contains additional information about the registers that can be altered in assembler routines. The assembler does not verify the registers used in a routine. Make certain you are careful to specify the correct set of registers used. Failure to do so will result in run-time problems (due to overwritten register values). The function name specified must exactly match the spelling and case of the identifier defined in the assembly source file. If the CASE directive was not specified, identifiers are converter to uppercase.
See Also	CASE
Example	$REGUSE function (R1-R6, A, B, C)