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idle

Joined: 06 Jan 2011
Posts: 360
Location: Ukraine

idle

Hi, fasm raises errors on next code:

Code:

aLabel:
.aSub label dword at 0 ;etc at

08 Jan 2017, 19:58

Tomasz Grysztar

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 7848
Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar

The correct syntax is:

Code:

aLabel:
label .aSub:dword at 0

08 Jan 2017, 20:35

idle

Joined: 06 Jan 2011
Posts: 360
Location: Ukraine

idle

Why do win32 headers enable first construct?
Tnx in advance.

08 Jan 2017, 21:17

l_inc

Joined: 23 Oct 2009
Posts: 881

l_inc

idle
To be able to process it uniformly with the data definition directives inside blocks of local variable definitions (inside procedures). As far as I can tell, it is meant for internal purposes only, but not quite nicely defined to be globally visible.

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08 Jan 2017, 23:27

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