Reference Guide

104 Chapter 4
Assembler Directives and Pseudo-Operations
.REG Directive
.REG Directive
The .REG directive assigns a predefined or user-defined typed-register to
a symbol, which becomes a synonym for the typed-register.
Syntax
label .REG [ typed_register]
Parameters
label A user-defined register name.
typed_register Must be one of the predefined Assembler registers or a
previously defined user-defined register name All
predefined Assembler registers begin with %.
Example
This example defines the register shift as a synonym for control
register eleven. %sar is a predefined synonym for control register eleven,
the shift-amount register.
shift .REG %sar