FIX: Text Macros Cannot Serve as Data-Definition Replacements

Last reviewed: September 10, 1997
Article ID: Q30380

5.10 5.10a MS-DOS kbtool kbfixlist kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Macro Assembler for MS-DOS, versions 5.1 and 5.1a

SYMPTOMS

A text macro cannot be used to select data-definition directives. The following program demonstrates this problem:

    .MODEL SMALL
    .CODE

start: mov ax,@data

       mov ds,ax

gets   equ   <DW>
boat   gets   3
    END start

The following assembler error message is generated on the "boat gets 3" line:

   A2105 Expected: instruction, directive, or label

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with MASM versions 5.1 and 5.1a. This problem was corrected in version 6.0.

Additional reference words: 5.10 5.10a buglist5.10 buglist5.10a fixlist6.00
KBCategory: kbtool kbfixlist kbbuglist
KBSubCategory: MLIss
Solution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: September 10, 1997
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