Word Matching Dummy Parameter in Macro Is Replaced

ID Number: Q23615

4.00

MS-DOS

buglist4.00 fixlist5.00

Problem:

A word in a comment statement that matches the dummy parameter used in

the macro will be replaced with the parameter of the macro. The

following source and listing file illustrates this problem:

example:

demo macro set

mov ds,ax ;set up proper ds segment

endm

code segment 'code'

assume cs:code

demo true

code ends

listing file:

mov ds,ax ;true up proper ds segment

Response:

Microsoft confirmed this to be a problem in Version 4.00 of the Macro

Assembler. The problem was corrected in Version 5.00.