Hi,

sorry, I can say only *in general* what it means.

Most assembler compile in more passes (i. e. phases). In the 1st phase
they collect the symbols and try to determine the offset. In the 2nd phase
they assign them. However, if the offset calculated in the 2nd pass
deviates from that in the 1st, it is the phase error. You have probably
used such symbol, which default size is "a", and latter, from the context
or explicit declaration it assigns really the size "b". As a rule of
thumb: avoid forward references as far as you can. This may help.

Regards,
Imre


On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Steve Thackery wrote:

> I've sent a note to Clyde, but I'm conscious I'm hassling him too much.  So
> I'll pop this one to the whole group.
>
> Using the Hi-Tech assembler, does anyone have an idea what sort of thing
> makes it report a "Phase error"?  There is no mention of such an error in
> the manual.
>
> Here is the output:
>
> Compiling MAIN.AS:
> Command line: "C:\HT-PIC\BIN\PICC.EXE -17C44
> F:\WORK\METER_SW\HI_TECH\MAIN.AS"
> Enter PICC -HELP for help
> f:\work\meter_sw\hi_tech\main.as: 30: Phase error (error)
> f:\work\meter_sw\hi_tech\main.as: 31: Phase error (error)
> f:\work\meter_sw\hi_tech\main.as: 33: Phase error (error)
> f:\work\meter_sw\hi_tech\main.as: 34: Phase error (error)
> f:\work\meter_sw\hi_tech\main.as: 36: Phase error (error)
> f:\work\meter_sw\hi_tech\main.as: 37: Phase error (error)
> f:\work\meter_sw\hi_tech\main.as: 23: Phase error (error)
> f:\work\meter_sw\hi_tech\main.as: 25: Phase error (error)
> f:\work\meter_sw\hi_tech\main.as: 26: Phase error (error)
> f:\work\meter_sw\hi_tech\main.as: 27: Phase error (error)
> Exit status = 1
>
> I should say that MAIN.AS does INCLUDE four other .AS files prior to line
> 23.  However they are, as far as I can tell, syntactically correct (when
> they weren't it correctly reported such errors).  Note also that it has
> reported the lines out of order.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Steve Thackery
> Suffolk, England.
> Web Site: http://www.btinternet.com/~stevethack/
>
>