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## String comparison: return 1 iff the two args passed in at the commandline are equal.
#
# To run:
#   $ subx translate ex10.subx ex10
#   $ subx run ex10 abc abd
# Expected result:
#   $ echo $?
#   0  # false

== code
# instruction                     effective address                                                   operand     displacement    immediate
# op          subop               mod             rm32          base        index         scale       r32
# 1-3 bytes   3 bits              2 bits          3 bits        3 bits      3 bits        2 bits      2 bits      0/1/2/4 bytes   0/1/2/4 bytes

# main: return argv_equal(argv[1], argv[2])
#       At the start of a SubX program:
#         argc: *ESP
#         argv[0]: *(ESP+4)
#         argv[1]: *(ESP+8)
#         ...
  # s1 = argv[1] (EAX)
  8b/copy                         1/mod/*+disp8   4/rm32/sib    4/base/ESP  4/index/none  .           0/r32/EAX   8/disp8         .                 # copy *(ESP+8) to EAX
  # s2 = argv[2] (EBX)
  8b/copy                         1/mod/*+disp8   4/rm32/sib    4/base/ESP  4/index/none  .           3/r32/EBX   0xc/disp8       .                 # copy *(ESP+12) to EBX
  # call argv_equal(s1, s2)
    # push args
  50/push                         .               .             .           .             .           .           .               .                 # push EAX
  53/push                         .               .             .           .             .           .           .               .                 # push EBX
    # call
  e8/call argv_equal/disp32
  # exit(EAX)
  89/copy                         3/mod/direct    3/rm32/EBX    .           .             .           0/r32/EAX   .               .                 # copy EAX to EBX
  b8/copy                         .               .             .           .             .           .           .               1/imm32           # copy 1 to EAX
  cd/syscall                      .               .             .           .             .           .           .               0x80/imm8         # int 80h

# compare two null-terminated ascii strings
# reason for the name: the only place we should have null-terminated ascii strings is from commandline args
argv_equal:  # (s1, s2) : null-terminated ascii strings -> EAX : boolean
  # initialize s1 (ECX) and s2 (EDX)
  8b/copy                         1/mod/*+disp8   4/rm32/sib    4/base/ESP  4/index/none  .           1/r32/ECX   8/disp8         .                 # copy *(ESP+8) to ECX
  8b/copy                         1/mod/*+disp8   4/rm32/sib    4/base/ESP  4/index/none  .           2/r32/EDX   4/disp8         .                 # copy *(ESP+4) to EDX
  # while (true)
$argv_loop:
    # c1/EAX, c2/EBX = *s1, *s2
  8a/copy                         0/mod/indirect  1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           0/r32/EAX   .               .                 # copy byte at *ECX to lower byte of EAX
  8a/copy                         0/mod/indirect  2/rm32/EDX    .           .             .           3/r32/EBX   .               .                 # copy byte at *EDX to lower byte of EBX
    # if (c1 == 0) break
  3d/compare                      .               .             .           .             .           .           .               0/imm32           # compare EAX with 0
  74/jump-if-equal  $argv_break/disp8
    # if (c1 != c2) return false
  39/compare                      3/mod/direct    0/rm32/EAX    .           .             .           3/r32/EBX   .               .                 # compare EAX with EBX
  75/jump-if-not-equal  $argv_fail/disp8
    # ++s1, ++s2
  41/inc-ECX
  42/inc-EDX
  # end while
  eb/jump  $argv_loop/disp8
$argv_break:
  # if (c2 == 0) return true
  81          7/subop/compare     3/mod/direct    3/rm32/EBX    .           .             .           .           .               0/imm32           # compare EBX with 0
  75/jump-if-not-equal  $argv_fail/disp8
  b8/copy                         .               .             .           .             .           .           .               1/imm32           # copy 1 to EAX
  c3/return
  # return false
$argv_fail:
  b8/copy                         .               .             .           .             .           .           .               0/imm32           # copy 0 to EAX
  c3/return