LODS Adjusts the SI Register, Not the DI Register

ID Number: Q27104

5.00 5.10 5.10a | 5.10 5.10a

MS-DOS | OS/2

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Summary:

SYMPTOMS

Page 374 in the "Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.0 Programmer's Guide"

and page 374 in the "Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1 Programmer's

Guide" incorrectly state "LODS does adjust the DI register...".

The sentence should read "LODS does adjust the SI register..."

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.0,

5.1, and 5.1a. This problem was corrected in MASM version 6.0.