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Is this really a "useful utility call"?  There's a huge overhead for merely using a bcall, just for a routine that would be 4 bytes when inlined instead of 3 bytes when bcalled.
 
Is this really a "useful utility call"?  There's a huge overhead for merely using a bcall, just for a routine that would be 4 bytes when inlined instead of 3 bytes when bcalled.
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: The only overhead is some clock cycles.  If you care about space and not about speed then yes, it's a useful utility call.  It's all a matter of priorities :) --[[User:Dan Englender|Dan Englender]] 14:18, 27 March 2006 (PST)

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Is this really a "useful utility call"? There's a huge overhead for merely using a bcall, just for a routine that would be 4 bytes when inlined instead of 3 bytes when bcalled.

The only overhead is some clock cycles. If you care about space and not about speed then yes, it's a useful utility call. It's all a matter of priorities :) --Dan Englender 14:18, 27 March 2006 (PST)