Enumerate data structures used during 1-pass of assembler, Computer Engineering

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Enumerate the data structures used during the first pass of the assembler. Indicate the fields of these data structures and their purpose/usage.

Three main data structures used throughout the first pass of the assembler are given below:

- LOCCTR i.e. Location counter

- OPTAB i.e. operation code table

- SYMTAB i.e. Symbol table

LOCCTR: It is Location Counter that maintains track machine addresses of symbolic tables.

  • Initialized with START.
  • Raised for all instructions
  • Pseudo Instructions are: BYTE, WORD, RESB and RESW.
  • Machine Instructions are: Fixed length (i.e. 3 bytes) for SIC, variable length for SIC/XE (looking up OPTAB).
  • Allocate the value (address) of LOCCTR to consequent symbol table.

OPTAB: In this operation table mnemonic operation code and have its machine language equivalent.

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  OPTAB can be implemented by using hashing function for fast access.

  SYMTAB: in Symbol table symbolic label, operand and their consequent machine are keeps addresses.

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  • SYMTAB is dynamic, constructed throughout Pass 1:

                   a. For symbolic label, fill in address and symbol (as per to current LOCCTR).

                   b. For symbolic operand, fill into symbol and mark this as undefined. Address field will be challenged later.

  • SYMTAB can be implemented by using hashing function for fast access.

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