> Incrementing a 64-bit value on i386 is fast and simple. It's arithmetic
> done in GCC, especially with temporaries that you have to worry about.
>
> The instruction sequence is:
>
> incl counter
> adcl $0,counter+4
Wrong, inc[bwl] and dec[bwl] don't affect the carry flag. You have to use
addl $1,counter (it's only 1 byte longer so nobody really cares).
Gabriel.
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