BUG: Record Instance Cannot Have Same Name as a Record Field

• Microsoft Macro Assembler for MS-DOS, versions 6.1 and 6.11
• Microsoft Macro Assembler for Windows NT, version 6.11

SYMPTOMS

A record instance cannot have the same name as a record field, but a structure can have the same instance name as a structure field. If you give a record the same name as a record field, the following error is generated:

   A2008: syntax error

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in MASM versions 6.1 and 6.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The following sample code can be used to demonstrate the problem.

Sample Code

; Assemble options needed: none

   record1 record recfield1:2, recfield2:2, recfield3:2

   recfield1 record1 <1, 2, 3>  ; <-- syntax error

   structure1 struct
      strfield1 dw ?
   structure1 ends

   strfield1 structure1 <>      ; <-- Ok
   recfield1 structure1 <>      ; <-- syntax error