ID Number: Q28233
5.00 5.10 5.10a | 5.10 5.10a
MS-DOS | OS/2
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Summary:
SYMPTOMS
Page 336 of the "Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.0 Programmer's Guide"
and page 336 of the "Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1 Programmer's
Guide" have the information on signed and unsigned comparisons
reversed. In the section on CMP, the table incorrectly reads as
follows:
Letter Meaning
G Greater than (for unsigned comparisons)
L Less than (for unsigned comparisons)
A Above (for signed comparisons)
B Below (for signed comparisons)
The signed/unsigned comparisons should be reversed to read as
follows:
Letter Meaning
G Greater than (for signed comparisons)
L Less than (for signed comparisons)
A Above (for unsigned comparisons)
B Below (for unsigned comparisons)
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.