Comment by sylware
1 year ago
Have a look an their code, it is obvious. Often you have to figure out what actually the macros does, and I remember it was not that straight forward.
And the macro language is specific to nasm.
What to do: unroll the macros and/or use a little abstraction using a simple common macro preprocessor, aka not tied to the assembler.
And I am just doing exactly that: my x86_64 assembly code does assemble with fasm/nasm/gas with a little abstraction using a C preprocessor.
To be fair, nasm allows you to detach the preprocessor from the assembler (-E). But I agree with you in general.
there is nothing wrong with depending on nasm
Yes, it is since you can with a little C preprocessor abstraction assemble with fasm/gas/nasm.