ID Number: Q32812
5.10 | 5.10
MS-DOS | OS/2
buglist5.10 fixlist6.00
Summary:
SYMPTOMS
The literal character operator (!) does not allow a right angle
bracket to be placed in a text equate. For example, the following
line will cause the Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) versions 5.10
and 5.10a to generate a warning:
a EQU < !> >
The warning produced is
A4001: Extra characters on line
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.10.
This problem was corrected in MASM version 6.0.
More Information:
Sample Code
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; Assemble options needed: none
.model small
.data
a EQU < !> >
END