Assembler expressions are always unsigned. The same expression might have different values between assembler and C or C++. For example:

MOV r0, #(-33554432 / 2)     // result is 0x7f000000 MOV r0, #__cpp(-33554432 / 2)  // result is 0xff000000

Assembler numbers with leading zeros are still decimal. For example:

MOV r0, #0700           // decimal 700 MOV r0, #__cpp(0700)       // octal 0700 == decimal 448

Assembler operator precedence differs from C and C++. For example:

MOV r0, #(0x23 :AND: 0xf + 1)   // ((0x23 & 0xf) + 1) => 4 MOV r0, #__cpp(0x23 & 0xf + 1)   // (0x23 & (0xf + 1)) => 0

Assembler strings are not NUL-terminated:

DCB "Hello world!"          // 12 bytes (no trailing NUL) DCB __cpp("Hello world!")         // 13 bytes (trailing NUL)