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nop

do nothing

Jasmin Syntax

     nop 

Stack

Before	After
...	...

Description

This instruction has no effect - compilers sometimes generate nop's for debugging, testing or timing purposes.

Example

 nop             ; do nothing 

Bytecode

Type	Description
u1	nop opcode = 0x0 (0)

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Java Virtual Machine, by Jon Meyer and Troy Downing, O'Reilly Associates