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pjd

Joined: 15 Jul 2007
Posts: 47

pjd

Why isn't this doing what I think it should do?

Code:

IDATA_SECTION '.idata'                      ;call the macro

macro IDATA_SECTION name               ;declare the macro
{   section name import data readable writeable     }

Which should expand to

Code:

section '.idata' import data readable writeable

both the declaration and the call are in the same file so it's not that fasm can't find the declaration.

fasm complains that the call line is an illegal instruction

09 Aug 2007, 10:09

MHajduk

Joined: 30 Mar 2006
Posts: 6042
Location: Poland

MHajduk

This code compiles without errors:

Code:

format PE GUI 4.0

macro IDATA_SECTION name               ;declare the macro
{       section name import data readable writeable     }

IDATA_SECTION '.idata'

09 Aug 2007, 10:53

pjd

Joined: 15 Jul 2007
Posts: 47

pjd

yeah that works.
I thought fasm did extra passes to allow things to be called before they are declared

09 Aug 2007, 12:41

Mr_Silent

Joined: 25 Apr 2006
Posts: 30

Mr_Silent

Assembler does multiple passes, preprocessor does not. Macros are handled by preprocessor.

09 Aug 2007, 17:31

pjd

Joined: 15 Jul 2007
Posts: 47

pjd

thanks

10 Aug 2007, 09:38

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