ID Number: Q32836
5.10 | 5.10
MS-DOS | OS/2
Summary:
In versions of the Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) earlier than 5.1,
the .TYPE operator only uses bits 0, 1, 5, and 7. With MASM version
5.1, the use of bits 2, 3 and 4 has been added.
The following is a chart of bit assignments taken from page Update-29
of "Microsoft Macro Assembler Version 5.1 Update, Microsoft CodeView
and Utilities Update, Microsoft Editor" manual:
Bit Position If Bit=0 If Bit=1
0 Not program related Program related
1 Not data related Data related
2 Not a constant value Constant value
3 Addressing mode is not Addressing mode is direct
direct
4 Not a register Expression is a register
5 Not defined Defined
7 Local or public scope External scope