Article: Q45183
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.20 2.30 | 2.20 2.30
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 7-JUN-1989
CodeView will use your program's stack for temporary variables in
between assembly instructions. Thus, when writing an assembly language
program, if you forget to increase the stack pointer (SP) to point
beyond the memory locations you are using on the stack, CodeView will
overwrite that memory.
This is expected behavior. Even if CodeView did not use the stack, you
would still have to increment the stack pointer to keep your program
from overwriting your variables when you make a call, or with any
operation that pushes values on the stack.