The Compiler also accepts the directive-name without hyphens; that is BYTEMODEMOVE.
This directive is provided for compatibility with IBM mainframe compilers in the handling of forward overlapping alphanumeric moves - that is, where the start of the target data item overlaps the end of the source data item.
If BYTE-MODE-MOVE is specified, data is moved one byte at a time from the source to the target.
If NOBYTE-MODE-MOVE is specified, the data is moved in granules of two, four or more bytes at a time (depending on environment) from the source to the target. Consequently, if the overlap is less than the size of the granule, each granule moved overwrites part of the next granule to be moved.
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The Compiler also accepts the directive-name without hyphens; that is BYTEMODEMOVE.
This directive is provided for compatibility with IBM mainframe compilers in the handling of forward overlapping alphanumeric moves - that is, where the start of the target data item overlaps the end of the source data item.
If BYTE-MODE-MOVE is specified, data is moved one byte at a time from the source to the target.
If NOBYTE-MODE-MOVE is specified, the data is moved in granules of two, four or more bytes at a time (depending on environment) from the source to the target. Consequently, if the overlap is less than the size of the granule, each granule moved overwrites part of the next granule to be moved.
NO-BYTE-MODE-MOVE gives better performance.