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   Marco van de Voort to Foldager   
   Re: For-to variable goes backwards   
   13 Jul 05 06:30:18   
   
   From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2005-07-12, N  Foldager  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > When I step through a for- to loop like:   
   >   
   > for  I =:  1  to  10  do   
   >   
   > the variable, I,  actually starts with 10 and counts down instead of   
   > up. This is a  known; it should be due to some optimization.   
      
   Actually I'd expect it to count from 9 to 0.   
      
   > But why is this more optimal in the generated code?   
      
   Assembler gotcha's.   
      
   > Is there a way to switch this optimization off as long as I am   
   > debugging my program?   
      
   No. Only all optimization.   
      
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