FIX: "Value Out of Range" Error

ID: Q26819

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Macro Assembler for MS-DOS, versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.1a

SYMPTOMS

MASM gives a "value out of range" error on the following example:


   false  equ  0
   true   equ  not false
   db     true              ;MASM choke on this line

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM versions 5.0, 5.1, and 5.1a. This problem was corrected in version 6.0.

Additional reference works: 5.00 5.10 5.10a

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Version : :5.0,5.1,5.1a
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