Thread: passing arguments to functions

In my book I've read this:
"Data can only be added in
double word units. That is, one can not push a single byte on the stack."

So, I made a little experiment watching how arguments are passed to a function:
Consider this simple C program:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

void func(int);

int main(void)
{  
	func(1);
}

void func(int a)
{
	int b=2;
}

Using disassembly in .Net I was abe to see this (among other things):

Code:

func(1);
00411BFE  push        1    
00411C00  call        @ILT+1405(_func) (411582h) 
00411C05  add         esp,4

So it is true! It is obvious that value of argument in this case 1 has been pushed on the stack!

Then I modified func and with the following code:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

void func(double);

int main(void)
{  
	func(1);
}

void func(double a)
{
	int b=2;
}

I saw this:

Code:

func(1);
00411BFE  push        3FF00000h 
00411C03  push        0    
00411C05  call        @ILT+1405(_func) (411582h) 
00411C0A  add         esp,8

Instruction add esp,8 cleaning stack, 8 indicates 8 bytes for data type double. But what is unclear is those first two lines:
00411BFE push 3FF00000h
00411C03 push 0

How can I conclude from this that value of 1 is pushed on the stack?
I think that little endian notation is used so I try to calculate number taking 0xF03F, but that is number 61503 far away from 1.
All that assembler code was in main function, and I expected so because default calling convention that is used is --cdecl
Thanks for help!

PC Assembly Language
Paul A. Carter
November 11, 2003

Anyway that sentence is pulled out of context. Of coures it can be passed as single byte.

> That is, one can not push a single byte on the stack."
Implementation specific detail. How other compilers for other processors work can be completely different. Many RISC processors pass the first 'n' parameters in registers.

You only need worry about such detail when you start interfacing C and asm (or C and other languages).

And how come identical source code generated two different blocks of asm?