FIX: No Error Generated by MASM 5.0 for Equates Made Public

Last reviewed: September 10, 1997
Article ID: Q26800

5.00 MS-DOS kbtool kbfixlist kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Macro Assembler for MS-DOS, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft Macro Assembler version 5.0 will allow an equate to be made public.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.00. This problem was corrected in MASM version 5.10.

MORE INFORMATION

The error generated by MASM 5.1 for the sample code below is:

   A2014: Illegal public declaration

MASM 5.0 incorrectly generates no errors.

Sample Code:

;Assemble options: none

PUBLIC i i equ <text>

end

Additional reference words: 5.00 buglist5.00 fixlist5.10
KBCategory: kbtool kbfixlist kbbuglist
KBSubCategory: MLIss
Solution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: September 10, 1997
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