Assembler Coding Styles

This section contains basically some ideas for breaking up and structuring programs. It is in no way definitive. Most experienced programmers will probably be using variations on these themes already - or maybe not. Beginners may pick up may key concepts. The point is to let you, the reader, examine the ideas, and question whether this is a way to improve.

• Designing for Information Hiding
• Routines
• Modules
• Names and Naming Conventions
• Abstract Data Types
• Commenting and Layout

REFERENCES: Some of the ideas here have been discussed in many books - although very few apply it to assembler. One of the more recent ones is called CODE COMPLETE by Steve McConnell (Microsoft Press). This does not deal directly with assembler programming, but a lot of the advice given about code construction (which this book covers) are applicable, with a little imagination.

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