    push namespace core

__MUL16:	; Mutiplies HL with the last value stored into de stack
    ; Works for both signed and unsigned

    PROC

    LOCAL __MUL16LOOP
    LOCAL __MUL16NOADD

    ex de, hl
    pop hl		; Return address
    ex (sp), hl ; CALLEE caller convention

__MUL16_FAST:
    ld b, 16
    ld a, h
    ld c, l
    ld hl, 0

__MUL16LOOP:
    add hl, hl  ; hl << 1
    sla c
    rla         ; a,c << 1
    jp nc, __MUL16NOADD
    add hl, de

__MUL16NOADD:
    djnz __MUL16LOOP

    ret	; Result in hl (16 lower bits)

    ENDP

    pop namespace

