being sure that the linker is not also using it to implement any of the other
instructions in the function.
</p>

<p>
When defining a <code>TEXT</code>, specifying frame size <code>$-4</code>
tells the linker that this is a leaf function that does not need to save <code>LR</code> on entry.
</p>

<p>
The name <code>SP</code> always refers to the virtual stack pointer described earlier.