Buggy inline assembler

[Kristian]

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:13:53 +0300, Kristian <kjkilpi at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:59:05 +0300, Walter Bright  
> <newshound at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>
>> Heinz wrote:
>>> Hi everyone, i've seen many bugs with the inline assembler in D. I've  
>>> tried
>>> many functions that work with other assemblers, simple functions such  
>>> as print
>>> to screen (i've seen D users complaining about this too).
>>> I'm writing a block of code to make some sound through the pc speaker.  
>>> It
>>> compiles fine but at runtime i get a Win32 Exception.
>>
>> The problem has nothing to do with the inline assembler. You can use  
>> OBJ2ASM to verify that the correct instructions are generated. The  
>> problem is that executing IN and OUT instructions under Win32 will  
>> generated an operating system exception.
>>
>> To print to screen, use the Win32 Console API functions. I don't  
>> remember what the Win32 sound API is, but that has to be used to  
>> generate sound.
>
> There is a solution for calling the IN and OUT instructions under Win32:  
> Inpout32.dll
>
> http://www.logix4u.net/inpout32.htm
>
> It works seamless with all versions of windows (98/NT/2000/XP).
>
> I have succesfully used it in a C++ program of mine. (Don't ask _me_ how  
> to use it in D, I'm still a rookie in the D world... ;) )


The Beep() function plays sound through the speaker, but it doesn't work  
on ME/98/95 (i.e. it does nothing).