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<lang asm>BigNumber byte 256 dup (0) ;reserve 256 bytes, each equals zero</lang>
While it's easy to set a variable's size, getting it is impossible without knowing it in advance. Variables are nothing more than just a section of RAM; the CPU does not (and cannot) know how many bytes your variable is supposed to be.
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