This problem in libraries is called "granularity" and it can be avoided by writing each procedure in its own module unless other procedure are ALWAYS used with it and are not use by any other procedure.

format MS COFF

public start

extrn   ExitProcess:dword
extrn  locate:dword
extrn       StdOut:dword

Include '%fasminc%\win32a.inc'
Include '%fasminc%\macro\if.inc'

section '.data' data readable writeable

msg   db 'Console application',0

section '.code' code readable executable

start:
    stdcall locate,10,1
 stdcall StdOut,msg
  invoke  ExitProcess,0
    

format MS COFF

public StdOut
public locate

extrn  GetStdHandle:dword
extrn  SetConsoleCursorPosition:dword
extrn  WriteFile:dword
extrn 'lstrlenA' as lstrlen:dword

Include '%fasminc%\win32a.inc'

proc StdOut,lpszText

hOutPut          dd ?
bWritten                dd ?
sl              dd ?
enter
       invoke  GetStdHandle,STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE
      mov     [hOutPut], eax
      invoke  lstrlen,[lpszText]
  mov     [sl],eax
    lea     eax,[bWritten]
      invoke  WriteFile,[hOutPut],[lpszText],[sl],eax,NULL
        mov     eax,[bWritten]
      return

endp

proc locate,x,y

_hOutPut  dd ?
xyVar dd ?
enter

  invoke  GetStdHandle,STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE
      mov     [_hOutPut], eax

 mov     ecx,[x]
     mov     eax,[y]
     shl     eax, 16
     mov     ax, cx

  invoke  SetConsoleCursorPosition,[_hOutPut],eax
     return

endp
    

set fasminc=\fasmw\include
\fasm\fasm main.asm
\fasm\fasm testobj.asm
\goasm\golink /console main.obj testobj.obj kernel32.dll user32.dll