[A83] Re: SetXXXXOP1


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[A83] Re: SetXXXXOP1




> From: "Patai Gergely" <patai.ti@freemail.hu>
>
> > Exponent =< 3 means numbers from 0 to 999.
> >
>
> Yes, I do understand that. However, it's just illogical for
> me why only three is allowed. Why not four? That's still
> possible to squish into a 16-bit register.

TI just provided this routine for us as a utility. In the TIOS, it is
probably used with Lists to calculate the size bytes for instance (which
indicate the number of items). As you know lists have an upper limit of 999
items. A higher value will throw an error.





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