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Re: Why aren't we consistent on displacement in x86 disassembler?

>>> "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> 26.04.07 17:54 >>>
>On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 04:36:25PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> >We can do one of
>> >
>> >1. Use decimal on all 8bit displacements and hex on all 16/32bit
>> >displacement.
>> >2. Use hex on all displacements.
>> >
>> >Any comments?
>> 
>> I'd prefer option 2. Jan
>
>I have another idea. We use decimal on all displacements which
>can be fitted in 8 bits since -128 is easier to read than
>0xffffff80 and is what is in the original assembly code anyway.

Hmm, I'd prefer hex nevertheless? How about -0x80? (In a private disassembler
library I have, I'd even use ~0x7f here when the immediate is an operand of an
instruction doing bitwise operation.)

Jan
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