--- gforth/engine/engine.c	2007/03/04 22:39:37	1.97
+++ gforth/engine/engine.c	2007/03/17 19:14:57	1.98
@@ -225,9 +225,18 @@ extern int gforth_memcmp(const char * s1
 #endif
 #define SUPER_CONTINUE
 
+#ifdef ASMCOMMENT
+/* an individualized asm statement so that (hopefully) gcc's optimizer
+   does not do cross-jumping */
+#define asmcomment(string) asm(ASMCOMMENT string)
+#else
+/* we don't know how to do an asm comment, so we just do an empty asm */
+#define asmcomment(string) asm("")
+#endif
+
 #ifdef GFORTH_DEBUGGING
 #if DEBUG
-#define NAME(string) { saved_ip=ip; asm("# "string); fprintf(stderr,"%08lx depth=%3ld: "string"\n",(Cell)ip,sp0+3-sp);}
+#define NAME(string) { saved_ip=ip; asmcomment(string); fprintf(stderr,"%08lx depth=%3ld: "string"\n",(Cell)ip,sp0+3-sp);}
 #else /* !DEBUG */
 #define NAME(string) { saved_ip=ip; asm(""); }
 /* the asm here is to avoid reordering of following stuff above the
@@ -239,7 +248,7 @@ extern int gforth_memcmp(const char * s1
 #elif DEBUG
 #       define  NAME(string)    {Cell __depth=sp0+3-sp; int i; fprintf(stderr,"%08lx depth=%3ld: "string,(Cell)ip,sp0+3-sp); for (i=__depth-1; i>0; i--) fprintf(stderr, " $%lx",sp[i]); fprintf(stderr, " $%lx\n",spTOS); }
 #else
-#	define	NAME(string) asm("# "string);
+#	define	NAME(string) asmcomment(string);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef DEBUG