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authorRangi <remy.oukaour+rangi42@gmail.com>2020-08-21 10:42:13 -0400
committerRangi <remy.oukaour+rangi42@gmail.com>2020-08-21 10:42:13 -0400
commite88d72acc29f74c417ee5191bf009559575ca14c (patch)
tree5a1225670b2dcd9103d988a3c0e9dbfbad4ce08e
parent96947b3e1428bc1f530d97dbf0aa96c941a13dd5 (diff)
bit 7, a
-rw-r--r--Optimizing-assembly-code.md12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Optimizing-assembly-code.md b/Optimizing-assembly-code.md
index 9b28f12..e7bf5a9 100644
--- a/Optimizing-assembly-code.md
+++ b/Optimizing-assembly-code.md
@@ -919,15 +919,23 @@ If you don't need to preserve the value in `a`, then don't do:
```
; 4 bytes, 4/5 cycles
- cp $80 ; high bit means negative
+ cp $80
jr nc, .negative
```
+And don't do:
+
+```
+ ; 4 bytes, 4/5 cycles
+ bit 7, a
+ jr nz, .negative
+```
+
Instead, do:
```
; 3 bytes, 3/4 cycles
- rlca ; high bit means negative
+ rlca
jr c, .negative
```