ref: 606519c515bed9ced23d5583cc5960d79075fdb4
parent: 34618e02940646573c37a8bad95dc19a934c87f4
author: ISSOtm <[email protected]>
date: Sat Dec 7 23:05:56 EST 2019
Touch up `ds` documentation as per rednex#350
--- a/src/asm/rgbasm.5
+++ b/src/asm/rgbasm.5
@@ -710,12 +710,10 @@
.Sh DEFINING DATA
.Ss Declaring variables in a RAM section
.Ic DS
-allocates a number of bytes.
-The content is undefined.
-This is the preferred method of allocationg space in a RAM section.
-You can, however, use
-.Ic DB ,
-.Ic DW
+allocates a number of empty bytes.
+This is the preferred method of allocating space in a RAM section.
+You can also use
+.Ic DB , DW
and
.Ic DL
without any arguments instead (see
@@ -726,9 +724,8 @@
DS 42 ; Allocates 42 bytes
.Ed
.Pp
-Note that in ROM sections, the bytes in the empty space left by
-.Ic DS
-will be filled with the value passed to the
+Empty space in RAM sections will not be initialized.
+In ROM sections, it will be filled with the value passed to the
.Fl p
command-line option, except when using overlays with
.Fl O .