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Issue C62105 Assembly of @not generates bad code Submitted by: David Given     Appeared in: Compiler 6.21 or before     Fixed in: Compiler 6.30 Problem The @not opcode has moved from V4 to V5. It was moved from a 1op to a vop instruction to make room for @call_1n (if I've read the zspec correctly). Unfortunately, Inform's assembler only got partly updated. (The expression code generator works fine.) So if you're compiling for V<=4, this: @not local1 -> local2; ...works. But in V>=5, Inform complains about a syntax error. The only thing Inform will accept is: @not local1; @not local1 local2; etc. Unfortunately these generate duff code, to such an extent that txd locks up. Solution (by Kevin Bracey) Change line 331 of asm.c from /* 3 */ { (uchar *) "not", 5, 0, -1, 0x38, 0, 0, 0, VAR }, to /* 3 */ { (uchar *) "not", 5, 0, -1, 0x38, St, 0, 0, VAR },

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