FIX: Byte Order Incorrect in Listing File For Doublewords

Last reviewed: September 10, 1997
Article ID: Q26801

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 byte order shown in the listing file produced by MASM 5.0 for doublewords is incorrect.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.0. The problem was correctly in MASM version 5.1.

MORE INFORMATION

The listing file produced by MASM 5.0 for the following sample code shows var as 0A0F0000, while MASM 5.1 shows var correctly as 00000FA0.

Sample Code

;Assemble options needed: none

.model small .data

var dd 4000

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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