[MiNT] Stack restore done by OS

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Subject: [MiNT] Stack restore done by OS
From: Miro Kropacek <miro.kropacek@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:40:33 +0200
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Hi,

just curious, to your knowledge, what is the reason behind forcing programmer to adjust stack manually after each OS call? I mean favorite:

move.w #param,-(sp)

trap #xy

addq.l #2,sp

why last line couldn't be done in OS?

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