On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:04:32 -0700, Bob Barr wrote:

>On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:13:13 -0500, Richard Mellina wrote:
>
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>>

I then responded:

>
>You shouldn't be using a comment on the same line as your '#define'
>statement. They operate very differently from 'equ' statements.=20
>
>An 'equ' substitutes the *value* that you've equated the name to; the
>comment portion is ignored. (It only appears at the 'equ' line.)
>
>A '#define' substitutes the *text* that you've specified including the
>comment portion. The comment portion of your '#define' statement is
>being substituted into your source file, and not stripped out.
>
>

Please ignore this post. I was thinking of another assembler when I
wrote it. I've just tested it and I now see that my response was
totally off-base.

Sorry for any confusion that I may have caused.

Regards, Bob

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