Byte Order Incorrect in MASM 5.0 Listing File For Doublewords

ID Number: Q26801

5.00

MS-DOS

buglist5.00 fixlist5.10

Summary:

SYMPTOMS

The byte order shown in the listing file produced by MASM 5.0 for

doublewords is incorrect.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.00.

The problem was correctly in MASM version 5.10.

More Information:

The listing file produced by MASM 5.0 for the following sample code

shows var as 0A0F0000, while MASM 5.1 shows var correctly as 00000FA0.

Sample Code

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;Assemble options needed: none

.model small

.data

var dd 4000

end