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alorent

Joined: 05 Dec 2005
Posts: 201

alorent

Hello,

I'm a totally newbie in FASM (too many years with MASM Smile

) and I have a strange issue in a small code snipet. I'm using version 1.64.

This is the code:

---

format MS COFF

include 'win32a.inc'

section '.text' code readable executable

proc MyFunc
local a: DWORD

mov a, eax
ret

endp

mylabel:
call MyFunc

----

When I assemble it I get the error at line:

mov a, eax

The interesting thing is that if I comment the "call MyFunc" it works fine Confused

Any hint about this issue?

Thanks.

05 Jan 2006, 14:35

RedGhost

Joined: 18 May 2005
Posts: 443
Location: BC, Canada

RedGhost

Quote:

local a: DWORD

mov a, eax

hi, you should read fasm documentation i think, it explains this and many other things (i know i didnt read it at first either :p)

Code:

mov [a], eax ;now a holds eax

"a" by itself, (not in brackets) refers to the address

here are some equivalents

Code:

;in MASM
mov a, eax
;in FASM
mov [a], eax

Code:

;in MASM
mov offset a, eax
;in FASM
mov a, eax

Quote:

The interesting thing is that if I comment the "call MyFunc" it works fine

i dont know too much about the fasm compiler, since i havn't studied the source very much, but i assume that it will not error because since "MyFunc" is never called, the code in MyFunc is never assembled in runtime so it doesn't matter

also welcome to FASM, imo MASM is kind of crap Smile

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05 Jan 2006, 15:19

Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar

If you'd also like to know why after commenting out the call it assembled fine: there's an "if used MyFunc" buried withing the "proc MyFunc" macro, which causes the whole procedure to be skipped (not assembled) when it is not used anywhere else.

05 Jan 2006, 15:33

alorent

Joined: 05 Dec 2005
Posts: 201

alorent

Thanks RegGhost, it works now Very Happy

I read about the use of the brackets, but I just copy paste from my MASM code and I got the weird error message and it did not happen when I remove the "call" instruciton. So, I was kind of blind and couldn't see the forest by the trees Smile

Thanks, I also think that FASM is great...I'm just too used to MASM, hence I'm still suffering with FASM learning curve Smile

05 Jan 2006, 15:37

Reverend

Joined: 24 Aug 2004
Posts: 408
Location: Poland

Reverend

RedGhost: BTW.

Code:

;in MASM
mov offset a, eax
;in FASM
mov a, eax

This is not possible Smile

You can copy offset value to eax, not the other way. I guess you meant:

Code:

;in MASM
mov eax, offset a
;in FASM
mov eax, a

05 Jan 2006, 19:23

Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar

He just wanted to show the analogy to explain why "mov a,eax" causes an error in fasm - in the same way as "mov offset a,eax" would cause an error with MASM.

05 Jan 2006, 19:50

Reverend

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Posts: 408
Location: Poland

Reverend

I thought it was a try to show how to access offsets. If so, the given example was incorrect.
But if it's the way you, Tomasz, say, so I am sorry for misleading anyone

05 Jan 2006, 21:02

RedGhost

Joined: 18 May 2005
Posts: 443
Location: BC, Canada

RedGhost

Reverend wrote:

RedGhost: BTW.
Code:
;in MASM
mov offset a, eax
;in FASM
mov a, eax    
This is not possible You can copy offset value to eax, not the other way. I guess you meant:
Code:
;in MASM
mov eax, offset a
;in FASM
mov eax, a    

what Tomasz said Smile

, i just wanted to show the equivalents, i do realize it is not correct syntax for either syntax (hmm, does that sound right Very Happy

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06 Jan 2006, 13:45

alorent

Joined: 05 Dec 2005
Posts: 201

alorent

Thanks guys for all your posts. I have been these days with FASM and I love it each day even more!!! Very Happy

Tomasz, you did a great work with FASM Wink

Cheers

06 Jan 2006, 23:43

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